Ramzi Abed (b. 1973)
Alias:
Brock Doom
Born:
March 5, 1973
Ramzi Abed is a Palestinian-American visual artist, performer and filmmaker based on Planet Earth. His film, The Devil's Muse (starring Kristen Kerr, Gidget Gein, Cinque Lee), streamed on Netflix for nearly two years and was distributed by Cinetic Rights Management, Gunpowder and Sky, and Halo 8 Entertainment respectively in digital and home video formats. The film streamed on Netflix for over nearly two years, and was also available on multiple digital movie platforms. Meanwhile, his experimental reality-based thriller, Telephone World (starring Elissa Dowling), was released on home video by Cinema Epoch and is currently streaming on Tubi. Ramzi recently directed the music video for "A Free Society", the title song from the debut album by Night Crickets, a jazzy post-punk supergroup comprised of David J Haskins (of Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) and Victor De Lorenzo (of Violent Femmes) and renowned musician, Darwin Meiners. Abed's film work has been distributed and also screened at numerous film festivals over the years. His short film, The Tunnel, was edited by renowned filmmaker, David Lowery (A Ghost Story, The Green Knight), and starred co-writer Casey Wickson, Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger), and Mark Borchardt (American Movie, Coven). The Super 16mm film went on to screen at many festivals all over the world. Ramzi Abed also directed two music videos for the song "Drama" by Quango Records recording artists, Bitter:Sweet, including one version of the song featuring Serj Tankian from System Of A Down.