Amir George

Amir George

Director · Producer

Biography

Amir George (US) is an award winning filmmaker based in Chicago. George is a film programmer at True/False Film Fest and Chicago International Film Festival. George is the co-founder of the touring film series Black Radical Imagination. As an artist, George creates spiritual stories, juxtaposing sound and image into an experience of non-linear perception. George’s films have screened at institutions and film festivals including Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; Anthology Film Archives; Glasgow School of Art; the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; the Ann Arbor Film Festival; Trinidad and Tobago International Film Festival; BlackStar Film Festival and the Camden International Film Festival, among others.

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Representative Works

One For My Baby
One For My Baby
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Black Chains
Black Chains
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Bailey's Blues
Bailey's Blues
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CINEMA-19
CINEMA-19
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Abefele
Abefele
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Man of the People
Man of the People
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Optimum Continuum 3.1
Optimum Continuum 3.1
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Silence of Clarity
Silence of Clarity
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Shades of Shadows
Shades of Shadows
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Moments of Intention
Moments of Intention
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a strange bitter
a strange bitter
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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

One For My Baby
2023Nominee

Best Picture

One For My Baby

Bailey's Blues
2025Nominee

Best Picture

Bailey's Blues

CINEMA-19
2020Nominee

Best Director

CINEMA-19

Career Highlights

Man of the People
Highlight

Best Director

Man of the People

Optimum Continuum 3.1
2020Highlight

Best Director

Optimum Continuum 3.1