Roy Arida
Known for
Directing
Biography
A Lebanese director born in Beirut, he graduated from La Fémis film and television school of PSL Research University, where he studied directing. After graduating in 2011, Roy started working between Paris and Beirut, and equally focusing on feature films and documentaries. In 2012, he co-founded the company STANK Productions in Paris. His feature directorial debut is Under the Concrete (2020), for which he received the Special Jury Prize at the Tripoli Film Festival, and the Saad El Din Wahba Award for Best Arab Film at the Cairo International Film Festival.
Best known work
Bird People
2014
Bruno Reidal: Confession of a Murderer
2022
I See Red People
2019
The Chasm
2016
The Middle of Nowhere
2017
The Last of the Frenchmen
2015
La Vie
2022
K-Nada
2014
Jesus and Islam
2015
Lou Ganiou
2018Filmography
TBA
A L'abriDirector, Screenplay
TBA
HautefayeProducer
2025
Le VeilleurAssistant Director, First Assistant Director
2022
DeafDirector, Writer
2022
La VieProducer
2022
2021
Ali, Hachem and KhaledDirector
2020
Under The ConcreteDirector, Screenplay
2019
I See Red PeopleProducer
2019
KhamsinProducer
2018
Lou GaniouDirector, Director of Photography, Producer, Sound Engineer
2017
The Middle of NowherePost-Production Manager
2017
À l'école des pompes funèbresProducer
2016
The ChasmSecond Assistant Director
2015
2015
The Last of the FrenchmenFirst Assistant Director
2014
K-NadaAssistant Director
2014
Bird PeopleThird Assistant Director
2013
La BuissonnièreProducer
2011
Ba'adanaDirector, Writer
2011
Hôtel VictoriaDirector, Writer, Editor
2010
RuinesDirector
2010
AttaqueDirector
2009
Les Herbes FollesDirector, Screenplay
2008
La chaleur des autres ne réchauffe pasDirector, Writer