A Lebanese director born in Beirut, he graduated from La Fémis film and television school of PSL Research University, where he studied directing. After graduating in 2011, Roy started working between Paris and Beirut, and equally focusing on feature films and documentaries. In 2012, he co-founded the company STANK Productions in Paris. His feature directorial debut is Under the Concrete (2020), for which he received the Special Jury Prize at the Tripoli Film Festival, and the Saad El Din Wahba Award for Best Arab Film at the Cairo International Film Festival.
Roy Arida has 35 screen credits in a career dating back to 2008. Signature works include Bird People, A L'abri, Le Veilleur. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
