Chris Moukarbel is an Emmy nominated director/ writer/ producer and runs the award winning production company Permanent Wave Productions. Moukarbel's first feature documentary Me @ The Zoo was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival in 2012 and was acquired by HBO Documentaries. Moukarbel then directed the Emmy nominated HBO documentary Banksy Does New York. Moukarbel directed and produced the award winning Netflix film GAGA: Five Foot Two, premiering at 2017 TIFF. In 2019 he directed/produced the film WIG ( HBO/Tribeca). His company Permanent Wave created the series Poly and the HBO series Sex On// which was conceived as a reboot of the classic show Real Sex.
Moukarbel's first narrative feature film Cypher, starring Tierra Whack with Imagine Entertainment, won Best U.S Narrative Feature at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival. He also produced the HBO Jeremy O. Harris directed film 'Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.' through his production company Permanent Wave. His upcoming film The Honey Trap is being released on Paramount+. Chris Moukarbel's work often explores ideas around performance and technology.
Blue Scuti: Tetris Crasher(2025)
The Honey Trap(2024)
Cypher(2023)
Poly(2022)
Wig(2019)
Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.(2024)
Gaga: Five Foot Two(2017)
Sex on //(2014)
Me at the Zoo(2012)
Walking with Pasolini(2008)
On the Line: The Richard Williams Story(2022)
JT LeRoy(2018)
