Omar Sy was born on 20 January 1978 in Trappes, Yvelines, France. He is an actor and producer, known for The Intouchables (2011), Jurassic World (2015) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). He has been married to Hélène Sy since 6 July 2007. They have five children.

Yasmine Al Massri is an international actress and human rights activist, at the forefront of cinema and TV, breaking stereotypes and advocating for underrepresented stories. Born and raised in Lebanon to a Palestinian father and Egyptian mother, she moved to Paris at the age of 20 to study. Currently, Yasmine lives and works between Los Angeles, Paris and Beirut.

Yasmine is leading the way for women by breaking the traditional representation of Arab female characters on TV or in film. She is the first Middle Eastern actress to star in critically acclaimed award-winning films Caramel, Pomegranates and Myrrh, and Miral.

Yasmine made history as the first Middle Eastern actress to star in ABC & Disney’s hit show “Quantico,” playing a dual role of Arab American FBI agents Nima and Reina Ameen. Yasmine also starred in NBC's “Crossbones” as Selima El Sharad, the muse and trusted confidant to Blackheart. She has also voiced the first Middle East vampire on Netflix's top animation show “Castlevania.”

Uncensored Narratives was created by Yasmine out of a desire to develop content that can break through the cliches of representation of Arab women and Arab culture in Hollywood. Inspired by Phoebe Waller Bridge and Issa Rae, Yasmine aims to develop, adapt, empower and disrupt the feminine narrative.

Jay Abdo is a Syrian American actor based in Los Angeles. Born in 1962 in Damascus. Jay was fascinated with acting from early age. He found himself transported by films as widely ranging as Dr. Zhivago, The Godfather, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest..etc. His first experience with performance came when he proved to be a talented concert violinist in primary school, an experience that served to further his passion for the performing arts. He was awarded a scholarship to Cluj-Napoca, Romania to study Civil Engineering, and while there he began acting on the Romanian stage. Even performing in a newly learned language, Jay made a remarkable impression upon theater critics, and positive reviews followed. His success on the stage caused him to redirect his educational ambitions and he soon returned to Damascus, which is widely considered the Hollywood of the Arab world, to study acting at the prestigious Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts. In the year after his graduation, Jay became an A list actor in Syria and the Arab world, and he has been cast for starring roles ever since. To date, Jay has appeared in more than 40 Syrian films and over 1000 episodes of television, most often in the leading role. He has taken the stage in over 20 theatrical runs, performing in English, Spanish, Romanian and Arabic. Jay is a grassroots activist who has long used his fame to assist orphans, children with special needs, and children stricken with cancer. In March 2011 his refusal to publicly support the repressive regime led to personal threats and professional pressure, and he was soon assumed to be sympathetic with the Syrian freedom seekers. By late 2011, Jay's continued refusal to provide support to the regime left him with no option but to leave his fame behind and flee Syria to the United States where his wife, Fadia Afashe, was studying as a Humphrey fellow at the UOM. Upon her graduation, Jay and she moved to Los Angeles, where he began rebuilding his career from scratch. He worked as driver and pizza delivery. Then Booking a few supporting roles in the first year, till he met Werner Herzog, who has cast him to play 'Fattuh', a major role opposite Nicole Kidman in Mr. Herzog's film, "Queen of the Desert". Jay then booked another role with Tom Hanks at "A Hologram for the King". Recently, Jay played a lead in "Bon Voyage", the successful movie that was shortlisted for the Oscars 2017 .

Mahmoud Bakri is known for To a Land Unknown (2024), Alam (2022) and Upshot (2024).

Ziad Bakri is a Palestinian actor and director. He starred in SCREWDRIVER, which enjoyed a busy festival career and was nominated for Best Film at the Venice International Film Festival, Malmo Arab Film Festival, and El Gouna Film Festival. Ziad's SCREWDRIVER won Best Film at the International Festival of Mediterranean Cinema in Montpellier (Cinemed) and the Bosphorus Film Festival. It also won Best First Work and Best Actor for Ziad's role at the Mediterranean Film Festival of Tetouan. For his role in the French-Greek film THE BLIND SUN, which screened at several prestigious international film festivals, Ziad won the Best Actor award at Fantasporto.

In 2022, he starred in the Netflix film THE WEEKEND AWAY, and in 2023, he starred in the Italian film PROFETI, directed by Alessio Gremonini, who won Best Screenplay at the Golden Globes, Italy, and starring Donato Demita and Marco Horanich.

Ziad recently finished shooting THE STRANGERS' CASE, directed by Brandt Anderson whose film REFUGEE won the Jury prize at the French Rivera Film Festival and starring Omar Sy (THE INTOUCHABLES), Yasmine Al Massri (CARAMEL) and Angeliki Papoulia ( THE LOBSTER).

His upcoming projects also include THE SAND CASTLE, directed by Emmy-nominated director Matty Brown and starring Nadine Labaki and child Zain Al Rafeea, who collaborate for the second time after their film CAPERNAUM, which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.

Moreover, Ziad is not only an actor but also a filmmaker. He wrote and directed the short film THE SALT FISHERMAN, which played at the Dubai International Film Festival (2011) and earned him a Best Director nomination.

Constantine Markoulakis was born in Athens, Greece, in July 24, 1970. Upon graduating the American College of Athens in 1988 he was accepted in Greek National Theater's School of Dramatic Art, of which he graduated with highest honors in 1991. Since then he has been working steadily in theater, movies and television series, combining work in artistic "off-Broadway" theaters of renowned directors with successful movies and prime time T.V series of high quality, and becoming one of Greece's most prominent and popular actors. In 2003 he had the honor of being chosen by internationally renowned director Michael Cacoyannis to play the lead Greek National Theater's production of 'Hamlet'. Almost immediately after that he starred in National Theater's production of 'Hippolytus' at the 14,000seat Ancient Theater of Epidaurus.His theater credits include challenging productions he initiated, such as 'Caligula', 'The Collector' , 'Stones in his pockets', and 'Festen' , which were of artistic value but highly popular as well. In 2007 he collaborated with film and theater producer Giorgos Lykiardopoulos, to make 'Coyot' production company, based in 'Chora' theater, with lots of interesting productions and innovative ideas. In movies and TV he has always been selective. His latest TV feature is Yungermann, the most expensive TV series in Greek TV, based on a famous epic novel about the life of a Russian immigrant in Athens during the first half of the 20th century. His latest film feature is Eden Is West, an multinational production shot in Crete and Europe by internationally acclaimed director Costa-Gavras. From his marriage with Ersi - Electra Xenakis he has a son, George - Ikarus, born in June 2005.

Brandt Andersen is a writer, director, and producer. In 2020 Andersen wrote and directed the live action feature short Refugee staring Yasmine Al Massri, Massa Daoud, Omar Sy, and Jason Beghe. The film opened at the Cairo International Film Festival, was short-listed for an Academy Award, and won Best Director, Best Actor and Best Drama Short at the French Riviera Film Festival.

Andersen has produced films such as Everest staring Jake Gyllenhaal; Lone Survivor starring Mark Wahlberg; 2 Guns starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg, Martin Scorsese's Silence starring Adam Driver and American Made starring Tom Cruise.

Andersen has worked on humanitarian efforts specifically focused on assisting Refugees. In October 2019 Andersen traveled with the CanDo Organization to a hospital and refugee camp in North East Syria. He was interviewing and filming doctors and nurses in the war-torn region during the U.S. troop withdrawal and subsequent Turkish offensive. In 2017, in association with CARE, Andersen took a group of filmmakers to the Azraq refugee camp in Jordan to teach filmmaking to Syrian Refugee teenagers. Previously, Andersen traveled with the United Nations to refugee camps in Greece and Italy.

In an entrepreneurial role, Andersen owned and ran an NBA G League team, the Utah Flash from 2006-2013, which he sold to the Philadelphia 76ers.

From 1998-2005 Andersen founded and was CEO of uSight, a technology company. In 2004 Inc Magazine named uSight the second fastest growing company in the United States. Andersen was the youngest CEO to make the list. In 2005 Andersen sold the company and returned to school where he graduated with a BA in Fine Arts.

Oscar nominated Palestinian producer Ossama Bawardi works in Palestine and Jordan. Bawardi began his career in various productions including Paradise Now and Salt of this Sea. Paradise Now was the first Palestinian film to be nominated for an Academy Award and Salt of this Sea premiered in Cannes and was the first feature directed by a Palestinian woman.

Bawardi produced Jacir’s next feature film When I Saw You, which won Best Asian Film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The film’s production was noted for being entirely Arab financed, becoming amongst the first in the region to rely almost entirely on local private financing. He produced Horizon, In Overtime, and Mare Nostrum. He also directed and produced the short film “Haneen.” He is the line producer of (No) Laughing Matter, A Stone’s Throw from Prison as well as numerous other films both fiction and documentary.

Bawardi was the line producer of Amin Matalqa’s The Rendezvous starring Stana Katic, Mai Masri’s 3,000 Nights and Barbara Eder’s Thank You for Bombing. He produced Jacir’s Wajib, winner of thirty-six international awards including Best Film in Mar Del Plata, Dubai, Amiens, Washington DC and Kerala. Bawardi is also an executive producer on The Mountain by Faysal Atrash, The Translator by Syrian filmmakers Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf, and Huda’s Salon by Hany Abu Assad as well as Kazoz by Amira Diab, A Gaza Weekend by Basil Khalil and the Oscar and BAFTA nominated film The Present by Farah Nabulsi. Most recently, he co-produced Alam by Firas Khoury, was the executive producer of Margarethe von Trotta’s Ingeborg Bachmann, and of the TV series “Ramy,” and produced The Strangers’ Case by the American director Brandt Andersen. Bawardi is a member of the EAVE Producer’s Network, the Asia Pacific Screen Academy and of AMPAS (The Academy of Motion Pictures).

Ryan Busse is a film and television producer based in Los Angeles, CA. In 2018, Busse founded the Film/Television production company, STORY Collective, with his friend and former colleague Stephen Meinen. In addition to having produced The Strangers’ Case, Busse recently produced Journey To Bethlehem, a musical reimagining of the Nativity story for Sony AFFIRM and Monarch Media, which released worldwide in November of 2023. Busse and STORY Collective aim to tell thought-provoking stories that shift culture.

Busse is a graduate of San Diego State University. Prior to partnering with Meinen in STORY Collective, he was an executive for Allison Shearmur Productions, where he worked closely with Shearmur on the company’s full slate of film and television projects, including Lucasfilm’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Lionsgate’s Nerve and Power Rangers, and Disney’s The One and Only Ivan and Cinderella, amongst others. Busse began his career at WME in the Motion Picture Talent Department.