Ian Moubayed is a New York based filmmaker who started his career as a cinematographer, collaborating with Emmy, Peabody, and Oscar-winning filmmakers to create engaging and impactful work. His work as Director of Photography on Netflix's The Great Hack exposed the dark world of data exploitation through following the personal narratives of key players entangled in the explosive Cambridge Analytica/Facebook scandal. The film received a BAFTA nomination and landed on the 2019 Oscar shortlist. In 2021, Moubayed served as the Director of Photography on NBC Peacock’s The Sit In: Harry Belafonte Host's the Tonight Show, which was nominated for Emmy & Peabody Awards. In the same year he was personally nominated for a Cinema Eye Honor for his work as a series cinematographer for HBO’s The Vow.

 

Over the past five years Moubayed has transitioned to directing more short-form documentaries for companies, brands, and foundations, all while focusing on original work. Last year, he collaborated with Talking Heads frontman David Byrne to direct a documentary for his experimental performance project, Theater of the Mind. Most recently his acclaimed short documentary Keys to the City, was featured in The New Yorker and was nominated for Best Short Documentary by the Critics Choice Awards.