by Amr | Feb 27, 2018 | Recent, Uncategorized
Invitation-only readings of Dorothy Marcic’s new play Intentions will be presented February 15 at 1 PM and 4 PM at Pearl Studios (519 Eighth Avenue). Hollywood Arms Tony winner Michele Pawk will head a cast that also includes Amr El-Bayoumi (House of Cards,...
by Amr | May 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
Post-9/11, it can’t be easy being a brown, bearded, man at the airport, on public transportation, or even just, in public. Raj Bains has written about this from his experience in the essay “Attention World: Not All Brown Men With Beards Are Terrorists” and Taimour...
by Amr | Nov 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Lawyer turned actor, Amr El-Bayoumi sat down with Press Pass LA to discuss his mission to combat Arab stereotypes on camera, and his career including roles across Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips. Captain Phillips, Amr Bayoumi. Credit: Sony Pictures After spending...
by Amr | May 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
NEW YORK CITY: On Monday evening, an actor held a script and quietly recited lines on an ascending elevator. He wasn’t doing last-minute preparation for an audition—he was participating in Noor Theatre’s 48 Hour Forum. It was the 48th hour, almost curtain time, and...
by Amr | Feb 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Filmmaker Bernardo Britto debuts with this doodle of a movie starring French actress Camille Rutherford as a low-fi, Edward Snowden-like fugitive in Argentina. A flaky 25-year-old Frenchwoman claims to be in the possession of information that can “bring down...
by Amr | Feb 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
A low-level French intelligence operative hiding in Argentina offers a sensational scoop to a struggling American filmmaker in “Jacqueline (Argentine),” a feature debut from animator Bernardo Britto that gets points for originality but quickly succumbs to terminal...
