REEM SHILLEH

REEM SHILLEH is a screenwriter, researcher, script supervisor, translator, assistant director and props master. Born in Yugoslavia in 1981, Reem is a Palestinian-Serbian. She has a BA in Sociology from Birzeit University, West Bank, Palestine. A founding member of prolific Palestinian film collective Idioms Films, she came to London from Ramallah, in November 2008. She has been script supervisor and assistant director on Idioms Films' many superb shorts, features and documentaries, including Make A Wish by Cherien Dabis, The Shooter by Ihab Jadallah, OccupaZion by Enas Muthaffar, Chicken Heads by Bassam Jarbawi, and features Salt Of This Sea by Annemarie Jacir, Al Mor Wa Al Rumman (Pomegranates and Myrrh) and Amreeka by Cherien Dabis Ramallah. She was also script supervisor on the TV series Mattab by George Khleifi Ramallah, and wrote the screenplay for the 2008 short Roll Escape by Mohanad Yaqubi. She is the assigned associate producer on the behind the scenes documentary about the Joji Hirota music video.

Website(s): www.idiomsfilm.com