Kareem Mortimer

Kareem Mortimer (born October 17, 1980 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a Bahamian filmmaker[1] who is known for such films as Chance (2005), The Eleutheran Adventure (2006),[2] Float (2007), I Am Not A Dummy (2009), Children of God[1] (2010), Wind Jammers (2010)[3] and Passage (2013).

Kareem Mortimer
Mortimer at the 2017 Miami International Film Festival showing of Cargo
Born (1980-10-17) October 17, 1980
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter

His debut feature, Children of God (2010), is the first narrative feature from the Caribbean with LGBT themes.[4] Another project, Wind Jammers (2010), which he co-directed with Richard von Maur, is a children's film that deals with racism. Children of God was shown on the television channel Showtime as well as distributed in over twenty-four countries around the world. In 2014, Passage was awarded an African Movie Academy Award for Best Short Film from the Diaspora.

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