Camille Hamadé is a French-Lebanese director, screenwriter and producer mostly active in New York and Paris. He was born in Cannes, grew up in Beirut, and dabbled in economics in Lausanne before pursuing a Bachelor in Filmmaking in London, followed by various positions on a variety of productions, from shorts to features and documentaries to commercials.

Camille is a BAFTA Connect Member and holds an MFA in Directing from Columbia University. He was selected to join the Co-Production program at La Fémis in Paris as well as the Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Camille’s films have participated in several film festivals, most notably with “Strain” (2017) selected to showcase at Pinewood Studios (UK), “Pendulum” (2018) shortlisted for Promofest’s Short Of The Year, “Shovel” (2023) award nominated at the USA Film Festival and “Sweeps” (2024) featured at SeriesFest.

“I have two strong beliefs. The first is that story transcends genre. The stories I ultimately want to tell begin with the characters, they revolve around them and their relationship with the story. The rest goes from there, regardless of a film’s setting or its pursuit of spectacle. The second is that a film should be made to be seen and a filmmaker should always have their audience in mind when confronted with any decision. It is only by understanding our audience that we can match and thrive to surpass their standards to create high quality content.”

Camille is the recipient of the 2023 BAFTA-Yugo Commissioning Grant for his latest film “To Fade Away”, which has also been awarded a Production Grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, in partnership with the Museum of the Moving Image.