Zeyad (Z) Alhusaini,  Director

Z is an Award Winning Director, both in the U.S. and Internationally, with such acclaimed laurels as the 2000 New York International Independent Film Festival Audience Award, the 1998 Seguaro Film Festival Audience Award, and the 1999 Egypt Film & TV Festival Best Music Video Award.  Z, who has lived in Kuwait, Spain and the U.S., served in the Gulf War at the age of seventeen and thereafter received a scholarship to study film at UC Berkeley.  After transferring to Arizona State and graduating Magna Cum Laude, he worked for NBC, PBS and New Horizon, including shows such as Super Bowl XXX and the Today Show.  Z graduated with Honors from Columbia University Film School with an MFA in 2002 and is currently pursuing his Ph.D in Film. His new film Just Like You Imagined is an Action Sci-Fi short, which is part of a comic book world feature that he is developing.  Z, who is considered an "A" Director in the Middle East, has worked with some of the biggest film companies and producers in the region.  He also taught and still is a faculty member at Kuwait University.  In addition to his film and music video expertise, Z is also a martial arts expert, and holds several black belts in various arts.