Ziad Doueiri
Ziad Doueiri (born in 1963) is a Lebanese-born cinematographer, film director and writer. He is best known for his award winning film West Beirut. At the age of 18, during the Lebanese civil war, Ziad leaves Lebanon to study in the US. He now lives in France and works in Europe and the US. Doueiri first gained notice from his work under Quentin Tarantino as camera assistant for movies that include Jackie Brown (film), From Dusk Till Dawn, Pulp Fiction, and Reservoir Dogs. Doueiri worked between Los Angeles and Beirut until not long after September 11, 2011, after which he returned to work from Beirut.
Ziad Ek
Ziad Ek is an Egyptian-Canadian actor based in Toronto, ON. He got his first professional job right out of school on the Canadian hit sitcom Kim's Convenience in which he recurs as Omar. Ziad graduated with a BFA in Acting from the Ryerson School of Performance ('18). He is fluent in French and English, and can also speak a little Egyptian Arabic dialect. Ziad is an immigrant, having moved to Montréal from Cairo in 1998 at the age of 2, and he is proud to be part of enriching the Canadian cultural landscape with his nuanced perspective of society as an Arab Canadian.
Ziad Ghanem
Ziad Ghanem is an actor, known for X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), 30 Vies (2011) and Fareed (2018).
Ziad H. Hamzeh
Ziad's body of work as a director, producer and writer has earned over fifty awards and honors. Presently Ziad is producing two films: Project One Love in Rwanda and the Tunisian film Am.Bi.Gu.I.Ty. Most recently Ziad served as an Executive producer on the Iranian film Forbidden Womanhood and produced the film The Island Of Forgiveness starring Claudia Cardinale. Both films are slotted for release in late 2021. Prior work include producing The Flower of Aleppo starring Hend Sabry and executive produced Dreams I Never Had starring Malcolm McDowell and Robin Givens. The Flower Of Aleppo was honored as Tunisia's entry into both the 2017 Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards. The Flower was chosen to be the opening night event at the prestigious Carthage Film Festival. Irrefutable Proof, a dramatic thriller Ziad directed and produced, swept the Beverly Hills Film Festival earning three of the fest's highest awards: the Golden Palm, Best Actress, and Best Cinematography. He received the Abu Dhabi Film Festival's Black Pearl Award for Best Producer for the film Always Brando, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Always Brando also received the Best Picture Award from the Alexandria Film Festival and the Jury Prize from the Algerian Film Festival. Ziad's documentary The Letter: An American Town and the Somali Invasion premiered at AFI film festival and was chosen as the opening film Amnesty International film festival. The Letter won numerous awards and accolades and was heralded as Critics Pick by New York Magazine. Woman, a documentary he shot on location in Syria, once again earned Ziad the Beverly Hills Film Festival's highest honor, the Golden Palm Award. ¡Henry O! garnered Best Documentary honors at the BHFF as well as the Best of Fest Award from the Breckenridge Film Festival and the Accolades Award for Excellence in Film. His critically acclaimed feature film Shadow Glories has been heralded as "Powerful and distinctive. A mature, accomplished work...strong, stylish and uncompromising" by Kevin Thomas, film critic for The Los Angeles Times. In July, 2019, Ziad had the release of his film Hail Mary, an animated and live-action football comedy. In Hollywood, Ziad created two extraordinary theaters: The Open Fist Theatre Company and The Egyptian Arena. As Artistic Director of the award-winning Open Fist Theatre, Ziad brought to the LA theatre community prestigious international playwrights such as Arrabel, Artue, Beckett, Brecht, Churchill, Gretzky, and Lorca. He directed and produced over sixty major stage productions, among them Roxy Ventola's After The Bomb, Brecht's Baal, Sam Shephard's True West, Arrabel's Car Cemetery, Shakespeare's Hamlet, Fassbinder's The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant, Tennessee Williams' Vieux Carre, Nicholas Kazan's Blood Moon, Poor Murderer, The Architect And Empress Of Assyria, Cinders, Low Level Panic, and Dusa, Fish, Stas, And Vi. Ziad has mentored and empowered numerous artists such as Burr Steers (Charlie St. Cloud, 17 Again, Igby Goes Down), Tony Spiridakis (The Last Word, Queens Logic), Dalene Young (Cross Creek, Pale Rider Pale Horse, Little Darlings), and Juan Carlos Valdivia (Southern District, Juno And The Pink Whale, American Visa). They found a haven for their creative powers when joining Ziad at The Open Fist Theatre. Professor Ziad teaches advanced and graduate classes in filmmaking and photography at Lesley University. He earned an MFA in directing from California State University, Fullerton, an MA in writing and criticism from California State University,Los Angeles, and a BA in theatre from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Ziad is a member of the Producer's Guild of America serving on the diversity committee
Ziad Jarjoura
Ziad Jarjoura is an actor, known for Omar (2013), Huda's Salon (2021) and It Must Be Heaven (2019).
Ziah Colon
Ziah Colon was born in Jonesboro, Georgia, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Footloose (2011), To the Bone (2017) and NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003).
Ziaire Williams
Ziaire Williams is an actor, known for NBA on Bally Sports (2021), Elite Youth (2020) and Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers (2021).
Zian Amande
Zian Amande is known for The Escort Wife (2022) and Deadly Love (2023).
Ziauddin Yousafzai
Ziauddin Yousafzai is an actor, known for Valley of Fear (2010), He Named Me Malala (2015) and My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (2018).
Ziaul Faruq Apurba
Ziaul Faruq Apurba is an actor, model and singer. Apurba was first recognized when he won an award from the television show called "You Got the Looks" which aired in 2004, he was named Mr. Bangladesh. His career took off when he appeared in a television drama called Boibahik in 2006. He also did a commercial for Nescafe as a model. His latest appearance in media is a web-series known as Buker Moddhe Agun in which he played ASP Golam Mamun. It was directed by Taneem Rahman Angshu.
