PRODUCTIONS

DEFYING GRAVITY (2008) - feature length dramedy by Lisa Savy. Directed by Michael Keller.

A runaway girl who lives in a cemetery is befriended by the cemetery caretaker (an undocumented Mexican), a transvestite waitress, and a homeless young man haunted by mathematical and religious delusions.

DEFYING GRAVITY appeared in 12 film festivals and won 6 awards.

WORLD OF WARGAMES (2010) - dramatic short film. Co-produced by and starring Iyad Hajjaj.

Two elite units of warriors employ a unique high tech means of settling an international conflict. The fate of the free world will be determined by a single battle of wits and skill.

WORLD OF WARGAMES appeared in 3 film festivals.

NOT IN MY BACKYARD (2011) - dramatic short film (wrote and co-produced). Produced by, starring, and directed by Iyad Hajjaj.

Middle-Eastern high school math teacher AMIR encounters small town prejudice when he is hired to prep the 6-student math team for a shot at the International Math Olympiad. His unlikely ally and mentor is Jewish teacher SABRA.

When Amir gets involved in the local Islamic Center's quest to build a mosque, he finds his job in jeopardy and must decide whether his loyalties lie with his passion for religious freedom, or the students who have bonded to him.

NOT IN MY BACKYARD has appeared in the 2012 Temecula Valley International Film Festival.

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