Colourist and video editor with over 10 years in post-production, based in Cairo and working with clients across MENA, the Gulf and Europe — among them UNICEF, UNDP, LG, Televzyon and government bodies in Qatar and…
Colourist and video editor with over 10 years in post-production, based in Cairo and working with clients across MENA, the Gulf and Europe — among them UNICEF, UNDP, LG, Televzyon and government bodies in Qatar and Sudan.
I take projects from rushes to final master: editing in Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve, colour grading and conform in Resolve, motion graphics and titling in After Effects, sound balance, and delivery to broadcast or platform spec. Colour is where I set work apart — building a look that carries the story rather than just correcting exposure.
I also build in 3D. Blender for environments, set extension, camera projection, product and title animation, then composited back into live action so it sits in the plate properly.
AI is a working part of my pipeline, not a novelty: generative shots and B-roll extension, object removal and clean-up, rotoscoping and masking, upscaling and restoration of damaged or low-resolution footage, dialogue clean-up, and photo manipulation for key art, posters and thumbnails. In practice it means shorter turnarounds and shots that used to need a second shoot day.
Work spans documentary, TVCs and branded content, music videos and short-form social. Arabic (fluent) and English (advanced), comfortable with Egyptian, Sudanese and Gulf-market Arabic.
Available for one-off projects, ongoing retainers and remote contracts.
A before-and-after breakdown of my colour grading: raw camera footage next to the final cinematic grade, shot by shot. Colour is where I set work apart — building a look that carries the mood and the story, not just correcting exposure. Graded in DaVinci Resolve. Role: Colourist
“The Distance” (المسافة) — a 90-second AI short film about independence, continuity and the choices we carry forward. I directed the film, generated its frames with AI, then edited and colour graded it.
Role: Director — AI frame generation, editing and colour grading
Production: DOT Plus Solutions
Music videos I worked on as editor and colourist — several of which I also directed — with over 12 million combined views:
Roles: editing, colour grading, and direction on several
Four films produced for UNICEF Sudan — documentary and campaign work filmed across Sudan:
Role: Post-production lead — editing and colour grading
Client: UNICEF Sudan
Documentary films produced for UNDP Sudan and the Green Climate Fund, telling the stories of communities and farmers on the ground:
Role: Post-production lead — editing and colour grading
Client: UNDP Sudan / Green Climate Fund
Highlight film capturing the energy of Artmood’s 2024 gathering — cut for social-first delivery.
Role: Editing and colour grading
Client: Artmood
One-minute product film for Picidae’s Duality rings — a piece I took from concept to final master: directed, shot, edited and colour graded.
Role: Director, cinematography, editing and colour grading
Client: Picidae
Ramadan 2026 television commercial for Cashi, featuring Esaam Satti and Ali Naseraldeen — produced by Giraffe Production House.
Role: Colour grading
Client: Cashi / Giraffe Production House
Television commercial for Al Nile Bank, Sudan.
Role: Post-production — editing and colour grading
Client: Al Nile Bank
“On Peace & War” — the Makhtoum documentary, filmed in Otash Camp, South Darfur, and produced for UNICEF Sudan.
Role: Post-production lead — editing and colour grading
Client: UNICEF Sudan
Campaign films for UNICEF Sudan’s “Poems for Peace”, shot in South and North Darfur and featured by UNICEF Global.
Role: Post-production lead — editing and colour grading
Client: UNICEF Sudan / UNICEF Global
[▶ See the campaign on UNICEF’s X](https://www.twine.net/signin
Television commercial for the LG Vivace washing machine, produced for CTC Group (LG’s distributor in Sudan).
Role: Post-production — editing and colour grading
Client: CTC Group / LG
[▶ Watch the commercial](https://www.twine.net/signin
Colour grading, editing and finishing for documentary, commercial and broadcast work. DaVinci Resolve grading and conform; Premiere Pro and After Effects editing, motion graphics and titling; Blender for 3D environments, camera projection and animated inserts; AI-assisted post for generative shots, clean-up and object removal, upscaling, rotoscoping and photo manipulation. Clients include UNICEF, UNDP, LG and MENA government bodies.
Led the studio's management and client acquisition: pitching, scoping and pricing post-production and branding work, building the client pipeline across Egypt, Sudan and the Gulf, and overseeing delivery across editing, colour and design teams.
Post-production lead on documentary, campaign and TVC work across Sudan, Egypt and the Gulf: UNICEF Sudan's Poems for Peace campaign and Makhtoum documentary, UNDP Sudan's COP27 climate film, Ministry of Social Development Qatar, and LG via CTC Group. Responsible for the edit, colour grade, finishing and delivery.
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