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Chris Moukarbel is an American director, producer and visual artist. His first feature documentary Me @ The Zoo premiered in competition at Sundance Film Festival in 2012 and was acquired by HBO Documentaries as part of their summer series. The film charts the rise of Youtube and tells the story of the first Internet celebrity, Chris Crocker of “Leave Britney Alone!” fame. Moukarbel was approached by Sheila Nevins to direct the Emmy nominated documentary Banksy Does New York. He is also the creator and director of the HBO series Sex On which was conceived as a reboot of the classic show Real Sex. His work often explores technology and identity.

Art
Moukarbel created videos and public art while living in NYC. His best known video art project World Trade Center was made as part of his graduate school thesis at Yale School of Art. Moukarbel acquired a bootleg script for an upcoming Oliver Stone film World Trade Center and he shot his own version using student actors and a homemade set. The video was released freely on the internet as a way to pre-empt the Stone film and caused a highly publicized lawsuit by Paramount Pictures.

In a New York Times article about the art project Moukarbel said in the interview "My film was offered free on the Internet… It cost $1,000 to produce. We're at a place now where technology allows the democratization of storytelling." After paramount blocked the distribution of the video it continued to be shown at Witte de With institute of Contemporary art who refused to comply with the court order.

His artwork has shown at, Air de Paris, Witte de with and Wallspace gallery among others.

Books
IN/OUT commissioned by Art in General

System Error, War is a Force that gives us meaning.

Music Videos
Moukarbel co-directed the REM music video Everyday is Yours to Win, The Drums, I Felt Stupid and Joan as Police Woman’s Start of my Heart.

Personal Life
Chris Moukarbel was born in New Haven, CT and lived between Washington DC and NYC. Moukarbels partner since 2004 is Jake Shears, frontman of the rock band Scissor Sisters. He attended Corcoran School of Art and Yale University MFA