LEBANESE FATHER AND A FRENCH MOTHER. IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE PERSIAN REVOLUTION AND THE LEBANESE CIVIL WAR, HER PASSION FOR FILMMAKING LED HER TO LOS ANGELES, WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE 1994. SABINE’S DEBUT AS A WRITER-DIRECTOR, NILOOFAR, WAS PRODUCED BY OSCAR NOMINEES JEAN BRÉHAT AND RACHID BOUCHAREB AND PREMIERED TO ACCLAIM, COMPETING AT BERLINALE’S 59TH GENERATION KPLUS, CANNES JUNIOR, AFI, AND OTHER PRESTIGIOUS FESTIVALS. HER LATEST WORK, GENERATION ZAPPED, IS AN AWARD- WINNING DOCUMENTARY THAT EXAMINES THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES, FURTHER ESTABLISHING HER AS A THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND IMPACTFUL FILMMAKER.