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,[1] and as co-writer of Nacho Cerdà's The Abandoned.[2] 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.[3]
A native of Ottawa, Ontario, he is the son of writer Nancy Vickers.[4]
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 |
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 | ||
| 2022 | Firestarter | Keith Thomas | ||
| William Brent Bell | ||||
| 2023 | Infinity Pool | Brandon Cronenberg |
Short films
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Divided Into Zero | Mitch Davis | |
| 2001 | Facts Are Safety | Nicolas Debot | |
| 2002 | La dernière voix | Himself Julien Fonfrede | |
| 2006 | Au coeur brisé | Antoinette Karuna | |
| 2009 | Dolorosa | Christophe Debacq | |
| 2010 | The Aristofrogs | Ben Bernschneider Douglas Buck Jan Hendrik Drevs Arno Frisch John A. Gallagher Buddy Giovinazzo Matthew Harrison | |
| 2011 | The Theatre Bizarre | Richard Stanley Douglas Buck Himself | 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 Describe Your Experiences as They Come to You | ||