Chris Moukarbel

Chris Moukarbel born in 1978 New Haven is a documentary film director writer producer and contemporary artist His first feature documentary Me at the Zoo Me The Zoo premiered in competition at Sundance Film Festival in 2012 and was acquired by HBO Documentaries The film charts the rise of YouTube and tells the story of an early viral Internet celebrity Chris Crocker of Leave Britney Alone fame Moukarbel was approached by Sheila Nevins to direct the Emmy nominated documentary Banksy Does New York for HBO He is also the creator and director of the HBO series Sex On which takes a look at sex and relationships in the Information age It was conceived as a reboot of the classic show Real Sex His work often explores technology and identity Moukarbel directed and produced the award winning film Gaga Five Foot Two It premiered at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival and was acquired by Netflix His documentary Wig explores the New York City drag queen scene and the drag festival Wigstock It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on May 4 2019 and premiered on June 18 on HBO His first narrative feature film Cypher starring Tierra Whack premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival where it won the award for best US Narrative Feature