Karim Hussain

Karim Hussain (born July 16, 1975) is a Canadian filmmaker and cinematographer. As a director he is best known for his 2000 film Subconscious Cruelty, and as co-writer of Nacho Cerdà's The Abandoned. In 2006, he adapted French-Canadian writer Marie-Claire Blais' work, La Belle Bête. For it, he won the Director's Award at the Boston Underground Film Festival.

A native of Ottawa, Ontario, he is the son of writer Nancy Vickers.

Filmography Director Films Year Title Director Writer Notes 2000 Subconscious Cruelty Also editor camera operator, additional makeup effects, sound editing and sound mix 2002 Ascension Also associate producer and camera operator 2006 The Beautiful Beast Also producer and camera operator

Short films Year Title Director Writer Notes 2002 La dernière voix Also producer 2011 Vision Stains Segment of The Theatre Bizarre

Cinematographer Films Year Title Director Notes 2000 Subconscious Cruelty Himself With François Bourdon 2002 Ascension 2006 The Beautiful Beast 2009 Walled In Gilles Paquet-Brenner 2010 Territories Olivier Abbou 2011 Hobo with a Shotgun Jason Eisener 2012 Antiviral Brandon Cronenberg 2013 L'autre monde Richard Stanley Documentary 2015 We Are Still Here Ted Geoghegan Beeba Boys Deepa Mehta Hyena Road Paul Gross 2016 Rupture Steven Shainberg Madame Hollywood Olivier Abbou 2017 Mohawk Ted Geoghegan 2018 Parallel Isaac Ezban Seven in Heaven Chris Eigeman 2019 Random Acts of Violence Jay Baruchel 2020 Possessor Brandon Cronenberg 2021 Seance Simon Barrett 2022Firestarter Keith ThomasOrphan: First Kill William Brent Bell 2023 Infinity Pool Brandon Cronenberg 2024 Dark Match Lowell Dean 2026 Forbidden Fruits Meredith Alloway

Short films Year Title Director Notes 1999 Divided Into Zero Mitch Davis 2001 Facts Are Safety Nicolas Debot 2002 La dernière voix HimselfJulien Fonfrede 2006 Au coeur brisé Antoinette Karuna 2009 Dolorosa Christophe Debacq 2010 The Aristofrogs Ben BernschneiderDouglas BuckJan Hendrik DrevsArno FrischJohn A. GallagherBuddy GiovinazzoMatthew Harrison 2011 The Theatre Bizarre Richard StanleyDouglas BuckHimself Segments "The Mother Of Toads", "The Accident" and "Vision Stains" 2012 The Captured Bird Jovanka Vuckovic 2013 Method Gregory Smith 2015 Jooj: Shoulders and Whispers Brandon Cronenberg Whispers and Shoulders Sook-Yin Lee 2016 Animalia: Face On Brandon Cronenberg 2019 Please Speak Continuously and DescribeYour Experiences as They Come to You