Screenwriter — Director
Christophe
Nassif
Stories built from the wrong combinations.
Screenwriter — Director
Stories built from the wrong combinations.
Born in Monaco to an Italian mother and a Lebanese father, Christophe Nassif is a French-Lebanese filmmaker whose work navigates what lives between cultures, languages, and the ordinary made strange. He studied at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where he received a Master of Fine Arts in Cinema-Television, the Jack Nicholson Directing Award and was a founding member of QueerCut, the school's LGBT+ student association.
His short films have screened at festivals across four continents — from DC Shorts to the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival — winning awards for directing, screenplay, and social impact. Between 2009 and 2020, he worked in Paris and Brussels as sound editor and re-recording mixer on over thirty films, including features by Amat Escalante and Jonás Cuarón shown at Cannes, Venice, and Toronto.
In 2020, Christophe moved to Heidelberg, Germany, where he continues writing and developing new projects in French, in German, in English, and in whatever language the story demands.
Beirut, 2059. On a boring day with his babysitter, Oliver discovers something on TV he shouldn't have seen.
Malmö Arab Film Festival, Rural Encounters on Environment & Films (REEF) in Kobayyat, Festival du Film Libanais de France in Paris, Arab Film Festival at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn
When Yanis ditches his online course for some webcam sexy times with Fabian, golden ager Hannelore interrupts with a video-call: she needs help with Zoom.
Grant recipient — Heinrich-Böll Stiftung Baden-Württemberg · 2020
Helen, an Ethiopian immigrant living in Los Angeles, is pressed by her family and tradition to take a decision as the moment approaches for her daughter's genital cutting.
Outstanding 1st Time Director — DC Shorts, Washington DC · 2011
DIVA Universal Award — Social World Film Festival, Italy · 2012
Prix des Femmes — Le Temps Presse, Paris · 2013
Mention Spéciale — Monaco Charity Film Festival · 2011
Cleveland International Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro Curta Cinema, Austin Film Festival, Black Harvest Film Festival (Chicago), Pan African Film Festival (Los Angeles), New Orleans Film Festival, Lady Filmmaker Film Festival, Artivist Film Festival, Filmforum Zadar, Albuquerque Film Festival, San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival
A decade in sound. Over 30 films spanning 2009–2020, including an internship with the Television Academy Foundation at Larson Studios, Hollywood. Sound editor or assistant re-recording mixer on such films as Desierto, Heli, La Région Salvaje, and Cézanne et Moi, among others. → full credits
Christophe also actively looks to direct other writers' work. He brings his own voice to a project while trusting yours — the goal is a genuine back-and-forth, where 1 + 1 becomes 3. If that's the kind of work you want to make, send a note.