Musicians, actors and artists
Abdulkadir Ahmed Said (Cabdulqaadir Axmed Saciid)
Abdulkadir Ahmed Said (born 1953) is a Somali film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor from Mogadishu. He joined the Somali Film Agency in 1970 and was director of programming at Somali television from 1984 to 1986. His short film Geedka nolosha (The Tree of Life) won a prize at the Turin International Festival of Young Cinema in 1988.
Abdulkadir Ahmed SaidCabdulqaadir Axmed Saciid
- Lived
- 1953 to today
- Known as one of
- Musicians, actors and artists
- Places
- Muqdisho and Banaadir
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
Who is he?
Abdulkadir Ahmed Said is a Somali film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor (Wikipedia, Abdulkadir Ahmed Said).
Career
He was born in Mogadishu in 1953 (Wikipedia). 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):
- The Somali Dervish (1983), the epic directed by 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). 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.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Abdulkadir Ahmed Said · en.wikipedia.org
Abdulkadir Ahmed SaidCabdulqaadir Axmed Saciid
- Lived
- 1953 to today
- Known as one of
- Musicians, actors and artists
- Places
- Muqdisho and Banaadir
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
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