Xiyad Quwais

A gifted creative, Quwais grew up in different cities and towns, and in different countries on three different continents. A bi-racial child with an eclectic ethnic heritage, he draws creative inspiration from his diverse heritage and nomadic lifestyle that has seen him criss cross the globe on an odyssey of self-discovery.A well travelled and astute man, he is first and foremost a superfluously talented screenwriter who is often imitated, but only duplicated by the plagiarizing parasites that are plaguing the industry and masquerading as creatives; among them intelligence agents using the industry as a cover for their general stupidity. He's also an actor, film director, and film producer. He began writing screenplays after seeing the Hugh Laurie film, "Maybe Baby" back in 2001; that led onto a logical progression years later into acting and directing. He made his debut short film titled, "Revenge X" back in 2010, before returning to America. Sadly, it would be seven long years before he would follow it up, but he did it in style with his feature film,, the remarkable neo-noir silent film, "Grenade". Later in 2017 he wrote, produced, directed and starred in "Subversive". Then in 2019, "Stultus Nothi", a follow-up to 2017's "Subversive" which was screened at select film festivals in Europe..Quwais has managed to develop accomplished skills as a screenwriter and filmmaker despite the fact that he has never attended any formal film school. One of his traits or hallmarks is a lifelong obsession regarding cinema, and credits Alfred Hitchcock and Orson Welles as influences in his filmmaking and general philosophy.A star shining, in his own narcissistic words, and a "creative gigantaur walking the land of creative midgets", Quwais is blessed in victory and is working on several projects, including one in Arabic and planned for the Middle East called "Tajir Al Bunduqia". it will be an Arabic take on Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice".