AROUND the World of Arts and Entertainment With our projects

"My Dad: His Remarkable Life," a  documentary feature movie about Emile Kuri is  having it's world premiere in Beirut, Lebanon in late September 2023.

The film was produced, directed and edited by John Kuri.

Emile Kuri is the first movie talent of Lebanese ancestry, as well the first talent born in Mexico to win an Oscar®. 

140 film titles, 8 Oscar nominations, 2 wins.  He won the Emmy® for his design for Disney's "Wonderful World of Color," 1963.

He was awarded Art Craftsman on the Century by the Syrian / Lebanese Society of America, 

A Disney key designer for Disneyland - his name on a Main Street storefront, 

and was awarded the Golden Chair by the Los Angeles Home Furnishings Mart for "Parent Trap."

The extremely popular Colorado jam band, Leftover Salmon, 

captured live before a sold-out audience during a live concert 

at San Francisco's legendary Fillmore Auditorium.

An action/drama/love story in development, "aka Jenny" 

is an international adventure set mainly in Lebanon.  

The screenplay is receiving significant attention from film festivals.