CASTING CREDITS

 

HAMZAH SAMAN, CSA Casting Director

Founder of Arab American Casting

اختيار الممثلين العرب الأمريكيين

 

2026

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Adam Wa Mishmish Live Shows. Production: Adam Wa Mishmish. Live touring children's musical. Currently casting; 2026 U.S. tour dates TBD.

 

Alternator. Director: Ida Roj Baybekman. SAG-AFTRA short film. Currently casting; Northern New Jersey shoot window: August 20–30, 2026.

 

Bodyman. Director: Michele Kanan.

 

Dana (NYC Short Film). Short film. 2026 production; final release title/date TBD.

 

First Gens. Director: Nahreen Tarzi. Film. Current status: Post-production; release year TBD.

 

Operation Hummus. Director: Miral Ezzat El Fakharany. Short film. 2026 production; completion/release date TBD.

 

Shalom Salam. Directors: Daniel Lir and Bayou Bennett. Narrative short film / proof of concept. 2026 production; release date TBD.

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The Mummy. Theatrical production. 2026 ADR work; final release date TBD.

 

Two Sisters. Director: Ahmed Qaid.

 

Untitled MENASA Commercial. Commercial stills and motion. 2026 production; client/title confidential or TBD.

 

2025

 

Ajnabiyeh. Half-hour television comedy pilot.

 

Bad at Love. Directors: Gina Brown and Pegah Rashti. 2025–present.

 

Beauty of Poverty. Directors: Denys Kurta and Oleh Zborovskyi.

 

Cedars-Sinai International Print Campaign. Production: Cedars-Sinai. Print campaign.

 

Dearborn. Director: Skylar Kim. Production: NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

 

Dubai Cryptocurrency Advertising Campaigns. Commercial / voice-over. Placements included The Economist and Simplifi.

 

Expedition Unknown: Ancient Egypt. Production: Discovery / HBO Max. Television historical recreation; day-player scope.

 

Forever Mama. Director: Maryam Alkhaja. Short film. 2025 production.

 

Ghomeeda. Director: Aya Mheidly. Production: Sura Productions; Producer: Frederick Balian. Short film. 2025 production activity; current status: Pre-production.

 

Goodbye Habibi. Director: Mike Elsherif. Short film. 2025 production activity; release date TBD.

 

How Fortunate. Production: LMU. Short film.

 

Lena. Short film. 2025 production.

 

Lucid Motors Commercial. Production: Lucid Motors. Commercial.

 

Möbius Loop. Director: Lee Mosa-Peterkin (credited as Lee Peterkin). Production: Treo Pictures.

 

Take My Word. Director: Amina Hamawy.

 

The Harvest. Production: LMU School of Film and Television. Thesis short film.

 

The Persian Rug. Director: Gabriel Beristain. SAG-AFTRA film. Work completed June 23, 2025; film status/release date TBD.

 

2024

 

All the Men I Met but Never Dated. Director: Muneeb Hassan.

 

Exception. Director: Rodrigue Hammal. 2025 Artios Awards Nominee for Outstanding Achievement in Casting, Short Form Series (with Kara Sullivan)

 

Expedition Unknown: King Aretas IV. Production: Discovery. Television historical recreation.

 

Expedition Unknown: St. Nicholas of Myra. Production: Discovery. Television historical recreation.

 

I Am Gitmo. Director: Philippe Diaz. 2023 production; 2024 release.

 

In Between: New York Christmas. Director: Joumana Rizk. Production: Stony Brook / Killer Films MFA. Short film.

 

Judah. Director: Loren Campbell. Film. 2024 production; release date TBD.

 

Mystery of the Flower. Director: Sargon Saadi.

 

Noor. SAG-AFTRA short / feature-development project.

 

The Rain Lady. Director: Lyla Mzayek.

 

Then You Should Live. Director: Farris Langley.

 

Untitled Arab Actors Project. Los Angeles production.

 

2023

 

Abbey Gate. Director: Tyler Kindred.

 

Arabic Voice Actors ADR Project. ADR / voice-over project.

 

Ibrahim. Short film.

 

International Series Project. Director: Karim El-Shinnawi. 15-episode international series.

 

Jedo's Dead. Narrative short film.

 

Leaving Lebanon. Director: Sophia Youssef.

 

My So-Called Iraqi Wedding. Director: Ayser Salman. Film. 2023 production; current status: Post-production.

 

Pen, Paper & Eraser. Production: RA Vision Productions. Egyptian-Arabic short comedy.

 

Preliminary Untitled Farsi / Pashto Film. Film project.

 

Strays. SAG-AFTRA short film.

 

The Judgment. Director: Marwan Mokbel.

 

The Visitor: Stage Reading. Production: Black Poppy Productions. Stage reading.

 

Unit 262. Director: Brian Eric Johnson.

 

Untitled Arabic Music Video. Music video.

 

Untitled Disney Diversity & Inclusion Short Film. Production: Disney Diversity and Inclusion Program. Short film.

 

Untitled Farsi / Dari-Language Film. Film project.

 

Untitled Moroccan-American Project. Film project.

 

Untitled Saudi Family Documentary Project. Documentary pickups / B-roll.

 

Untitled Saudi-Look Commercial. Commercial.

 

2022

 

Birthday Suit. Director: Jerry Weil.

 

Changing Truths. Production: Columbia University MFA. Short film.

 

I'm Gonna Tell God Everything. Director: Dev Pinn. 2018 production; 2022 release.

 

Jacir. Director: Waheed AlQawasmi. 2020 production; 2022 release.

 

Night in New York. Director: Shireen Khaled. Producer: Rachel Barclay. Short film.

 

Peaches the Cat. Director: Mico Saad.

 

The Right Thing. Director: Shannon Murray.

 

The Wine Cellar. Director: Lisa Savy Kauffman. 2021 production; 2022 release.

 

Uncle Hady. Short film.

 

Untitled Columbia MFA Short Film. Production: Columbia University MFA. Short film.

 

Untitled Hollywood Feature Film. Feature film. Worldwide Iranian-lead search.

 

2021

 

The Taboo. Feature-film development.

 

Untitled Children's Voice-Over Project. Commercial / voice-over.

 

Untitled Kids Commercial. Commercial.

 

Untitled LA Feature Film. Feature film.

 

Untitled Major Television Network Project. Television project.

 

Untitled Mo Amer Streaming Project. Production: A24. SAG-AFTRA streaming episodic. Executive producers Mo Amer and Ramy Youssef.

 

Untitled Paid Television Show. Television project.

 

Untitled Saudi Arabian Actress Project. Film / television project.

 

2020

 

A Star in the Desert. Director: Zachary Kerschberg.

 

Breaking Fast. Director: Mike Mosallam.

 

2019

 

5 Minutes and Counting. Director: Marc E. Williams.

 

Aladdin. Director: Guy Ritchie. Production: Walt Disney Pictures.

 

B2. Director: Francois Bittar.

 

Beginning of the End. Director: Fahad Olayan.

 

Hicksters. 4 episodes. Director: Christina Wren (creator/director). Work period: 2019–2020.

 

Hiraeth. Director: Teeshay. 2018 production; 2019 release.

 

My Stretch of Texas Ground. Director: Erich Kemp.

 

Qafas. Director: Dayna Li.

 

Ramy. 1 episode. Production: A24 and Hulu.

 

The Blue Whale. Director: Fahad Olayan.

 

The Phoenician Code. Production: Northern Star Pictures. Development announced in 2019; executive producers Pierre Lapointe and Nick E. Tarabay.

 

This Land. SAG-AFTRA student short film. 2019 production.

 

2018

 

A Patriot Act. Director: Yousef Assabahi.

 

Akeda. Director: Dan Bronfeld.

 

Amal. Director: Dilek Ince.

 

Arabic Play Project. Stage production.

 

Beraber: Together. Director: Yaz Canli.

 

Fauda. Production: Liat Benasuly Productions and yes TV. Creators: Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff; Work period: 2015–2018.

 

Lost Thekra. Director: Almuhannad Alkadam.

 

Nadia's Visa. Director: Hanadi Elyan.

 

Shoot (The Arabian Warrior). Director: Aymen Khoja. 2016 production; 2018 release.

 

The Scapegoat. Director: Talha Bin Abdulrahman.

 

The Spoiler. Arabic-language entertainment show. Planned for Los Angeles and Dubai.

 

2017

 

Depart. Director: Mina Abrahim.

 

Detained. Director: Hajar Alnaim.

 

Fireflies. Director: Raouf Zaki.

 

Maryam. Director: Abdullah Bamajboor.

 

My Cousin. Director: Daniel Yonathan.

 

Reverie. Director: Majid Alkhatib.

 

Roumieh. Director: Nicolas Faure.

 

Searching Skies. Director: Vee Hua (credited as Vivian Hua)

 

Under Concrete. Director: Meshal Al Jaser.

 

2016

 

Arabian Swan. Director: Fahad Aljoudi.

 

Bedsheets & Cigarettes. Director: Alan Mehanna.

 

Dear Enemy Bitter Friend. Director: Majd Mazin.

 

Fruits of My Honor. Director: Meera Almidfa.

 

Roach. Director: Jonathan Hashiloni.

 

Sound of Love. Director: Amr Fallata.

 

The Final Barrier. Director: Jasmin Durakovic.

 

The Return. Director: Matthew Szewczyk.

 

2015

 

Abraham's Desert. Director: Shane Ries.

 

Al Ghufran. Director: Nadeen Said.

 

He Named Me Malala. Los Angeles unit. Director: Davis Guggenheim.

 

Yasmine. Director: Val Rassi. 

 

2014

 

For the Birds. Director: Tara Motamedi (Actors Access: Tara Atashgah)

 

Life Gets in the Way. Director: Lili Matta.

 

2013

 

Father's Revenge. Director: Tareq Melfi.

 

Machsom. Director: Joel Novoa.

 

MOBSTER. Director: Brian Eric Johnson.

 

Text Message. Director: Tareq Melfi.

 

2012

 

Argo. Director: Ben Affleck. Production: Warner Bros. Pictures and GK Films.

 

Dana. Director: Joseph Tito.

 

His Art. Director: Ashley Monti.

 

Refuge. Director: Michelle Steffes.

 

2011

 

Arab American Casting was established in late November 2011.

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