Jimmy Keyrouz is an award-winning film director and writer. Born and raised in Lebanon, he is fluent in English, French, and Arabic, speaks basic Spanish, and holds Mexican and European citizenship. He is currently working on a new series and a feature film.
Jimmy recently directed Rose Noir, a gangster action TV series set in the Middle East. His debut feature film Broken Keys was selected for the prestigious Cannes Film Festival 2020 Official Selection, earned the 2022 Murex d’Or, and represented Lebanon at the 2021 Oscars. The screenplay for Broken Keys was one of only six selected from over 1,000 submissions for The Black List 2019 Annual Feature Lab. The film's score was composed by Oscar-winner Gabriel Yared. Broken Keys is available for streaming on Amazon Prime and Apple TV+.
Previously, Jimmy wrote and directed Nocturne in Black, which won the Gold Medal at the 43rd Student Academy Awards, a year in which the Academy received a record number of 1,749 submissions. The film also garnered the BAFTA and Directors Guild of America Student Film Awards and was shortlisted for the 2017 Oscars in the Live-Action Shorts category.
Beyond filmmaking, Jimmy is passionate about road biking, scuba diving, skiing, rock climbing, and playing the piano. He actively participates in forest planting initiatives and holds an M.F.A. in Screenwriting/Directing from Columbia University, New York, which he obtained in 2016.