Marc J Karam

Specialisation
Commercials
Fashion

Location
Lebanon

 

 

 
Bio
My first childhood memory goes back to 1981; I was watching Zoro in its black & white version with my father. Long before the VHS era, my father owned a super 8mm projector, he was a movie passionate, and he knew all the actors, moviemakers, and writers. It was that light in my father’s eyes that made me want to be a movie director, and 18 years later, I completed my Diploma of Audiovisual Directing in the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA).  
All through my professional exercise, I was blessed and privileged to be favored by national and international pioneers in movie and image making, following which my short movies, TV clips, and commercials were selected by international movie festivals such as Milano, Medfilm, Pescara and played on most Middle East and Gulf TV Channels.  
 
A director is a storyteller, and one with a vision and an ability to create an identity to movies. I tell my stories and draw my characters through image and light. From ever since I was a child, I have always held a particular interest in the shadows, highlights, and reflections giving birth to light, and as a director, I strongly believe that the light is one of the main reasons why one feels so captured by a scene, so attracted to a woman, or even so taken by the moment. However, there is more to it.
 
A pristine scene is a shot that succeeded to gather the right angle, the right light, the right movement and the right emotion. As a director and cinematographer, I strive to make sure that all these ingredients are available to the viewer in every second of my movies.