Ghazi Albuliwi

Ghazi Albuliwi was born in Zarka, Jordan and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He started doing stand up comedy at the age of seventeen and soon was performing at major clubs around New York City. After a brief stint working on Saturday Night Live, he decided to make an autobiographical film titled West Bank Brooklyn. The film was selected to world premiere at the prestigious AFI Film Festival in Los Angeles. Albuliwi's film became the hit of the festival circuit, playing Gen Art and other notable national festivals. He was named by Filmmaker Magazine as one of the top 25 New Faces of Indie film. Recently, he co-wrote and starred in Hiam Abbass' directorial debut film Inheritance which world premiered at the Venice Film Festival. His feature romantic comedy, Peace after Marriage, (of which he was writer/director and star) won the Tribeca Film Institute's Creative Promise Award during the Tribeca Film Festival. Albuliwi's newest feature film comedy will shoot in Jerusalem.