Chosen by Playback magazine as one of their “Top Ten to watch”, nominated by the Gemini Awards for Best Director in a documentary series for Showcase’s “Webdreams” and voted by the Mirror’s Best of Montreal readers’ poll as “Best Local Filmmaker”, Ziad Touma is a prolific producer, director and writer, working in film, television and new media.

Through his production company Couzin Films, Ziad recently produced the feature “Adam’s Wall”, “Birthday Girl”, a short film, and the feature documentary “Profession Veejay”.

His first feature film, the award winning “Saved by the Belles”, was nominated for three Canadian Genie Awards, while his short films “Line-up” and “Dinner at Bubby’s” both won numerous awards on the international film festival circuit.

After recently completing Canada’s National Screen Institute’s Totally Television Program, the Mediterranean Film Business School program in Spain, TVA/HEC program in Film and Television Management and participating in Rotterdam Lab 06 international co-production seminar held during Cinemart, Ziad is currently working as a full time producer for Couzin Films, developing his company’s multiple film, television and new media projects.