# Abdulkadir Ahmed Said (Cabdulqaadir Axmed Saciid)

> Abdulkadir Ahmed Said (born 1953): Somali filmmaker, director of Geedka nolosha (1988) and La Conchiglia (1992).

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## Who is he?

Abdulkadir Ahmed Said is a Somali film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor ([Wikipedia, Abdulkadir Ahmed Said](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulkadir_Ahmed_Said)).

## Career

He was born in Mogadishu in 1953 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulkadir_Ahmed_Said)). In 1970 he joined the Somali Film Agency as a photographer for international relations and as an adviser on co-productions (same source). From 1984 to 1986 he was director of programming at Somali television, where he wrote and directed training programmes (same source).

He was assistant director on several productions ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulkadir_Ahmed_Said)):

- *[The Somali Dervish](/en/society/somali-cinema/)* (1983), the epic directed by [Said Salah Ahmed](/en/people/said-salah-ahmed/).
- *The Parching Winds of Somalia* (1984).
- *Riviera Somalia* (1984), for the Italian broadcaster RAI.
- *A Man of Race* (1987), produced by the LuceSaimon Film Institute.

## His films

His short *Geedka nolosha* (The Tree of Life) won the Prize of the City of Turin for best short film at the Turin International Festival of Young Cinema in 1988 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulkadir_Ahmed_Said)). He also made *La Conchiglia* in 1992 (same source).

## In short

A Mogadishu filmmaker who worked at the Somali Film Agency from 1970 and won a prize in Turin in 1988 for his short Geedka nolosha.

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