Habib Azar (born October 19, 1979 in Pennsylvania, United States) is an American film, theater and television director based in New York City.
[1] Eight-time Emmy winner Habib Azar's directing work spans contemporary opera, film and TV.
He directed the world premiere of the original chamber version of Du Yun's Angel's Bone with the International Contemporary Ensemble commissioned by the Mann Center for the Performing Arts.
[6] He directed the American stage premiere of Georg Friedrich Haas' ATTHIS in a well-received production that had the heroine bound in duct tape.
[5] Azar has worked extensively in soap operas, having directed multiple episodes of As the World Turns, The Young and the Restless, All My Children, and One Life to Live.