Director

Zaid Abu Hamdan

Directing

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 3

TMDB ID: 2036949

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: Amman, Jordan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2009 - 2021

Years active: 13

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Director (2)Writer (1)

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Biography

Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, Zaid Abu Hamdan holds an MFA from the New York Film Academy in Hollywood California and a BA in Communication Arts from the Lebanese American University in Beirut. Abu Hamdan has written and produced for a wide range of television shows internationally, including E! Entertainmentâ€™s coverage of the Golden Globe and Sesame Street. Additionally, Zaid worked as a television reporter for the Middle East Broadcast Corporation Group (MBC Group) in Hollywood. In 2009, he established his own company, Zaha Productions, in which he wrote, directed, and produced six award winning short films with the cooperation of Los Angeles and Gulf based production houses. Abu Hamdanâ€™s debut film Baram & Hamza won international awards and was distributed in the US and Europe. His other films include the two-part series Loveâ€¦ Older and Bahiya & Mahmoud, which was an official Jordanian submission to the Academy Awards and won the Best Film Award at the Palm Springs International ShortFest in 2011.

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