Founder and CEO of Abbout Productions, Georges Schoucair developed and produced critically acclaimed and award-winning independent movies and has actively contributed to the establishment of an attractive and globally acknowledged environment for film investments in Lebanon and the development of the Lebanese cinema, one of the most promising cinemas in the Middle East today. In parallel to Abbout Productions, Georges co-founded MC Distribution, which releases independent films in the Middle East and North Africa, and since 2008 is the vice-president of Metropolis, the only art-house cinema in Beirut. In 2019, Georges was invited as a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in the Executive branch, from the Middle East.