Lee Mosa-Peterkin

Lee is an award winning first generation Palestinian-American filmmaker. He grew up in New York and exhibited a passion for storytelling at an early age while performing in theater and creating films with the family camera. He sold his first screenplay not long after completing his collegiate studies in film and theater. Ever since, he has been working professionally as a writer, director, editor, and cinematographer.

His appetite for raw drama, and tragic-comedy can be seen across his music videos, short films, and commercials. Lee has worked with companies such as, Sunshine Sachs, Bond Strategy and Influence, Livestream, Edizioni Conde` Nast, and many others. He's contributed to a successful sketch comedy web series The Shorts Show as a writer, director, and actor.

He has experience in short films, feature films, commercials (including ads for McDonalds, Baby Björn, and Seamless.com), and music videos. His efforts have garnered awards for his films in directing and screenwriting. Prism, an anthology feature film won an award at the Art Of Brooklyn Film Festival. His Short Ex Vivo, was awarded at the Raw Science Film Festival and LA Live Score Film Festival.

His screenplay Za'atar garnered an award from Open Screenplay. He was the cinematographer for the short Barry which premiered at SXSW (Nominated for Grand Jury Award). And one of his latest works, a dance narrative titled Glance, starring world renowned dancer Kylie Shae, has won several awards at festivals worldwide, including the illustrious CommArts award.