Cherien Dabis

Bio

Cherien Dabis is a critically acclaimed and award winning Palestinian American film and television director, writer, and actress. Born in the U.S. and raised in Ohio and Jordan, Dabis studied film at Columbia University’s School of the Arts. Dabis was Emmy nominated for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series for the critically acclaimed and groundbreaking episode “The Boy From 6B” on Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building. She wrote and directed her debut feature Amreeka which premiered at Sundance in 2009 and went on to win the coveted FIPRESCI International Critics Prize in the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes. Her second feature May in the Summer opened the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. A true multi-hyphenate, Dabis is known for standout episodic directing work on Emmy award-winning television shows such as Hulu’s Ramy and Netflix’s Ozark, as well as her writing and acting for television. Past writing credits include Empire, Quantico, and The L Word and in the world of acting, she just wrapped on Scott Z. Burns’ upcoming Apple TV+ anthology series Extrapolations.