Karim Ouelhaj is a writer, director and producer. His first feature Parabola was noticed in 2005 in Venice with an official selection at the Giornati degli Autori. It is the first part of a societal genre triptych, which includes Monkey Dust (2013) and A Reality Every Second (2015). In 2016, his short film The Frozen Eye won the prestigious Golden Méliès. Megalomaniac is his 4th feature film.