Fuad Abdulaziz MOHAMED Tel

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1 Fuad Abdulaziz MOHAMED Tel Academic Credentials Working on my PhD (Subject: Visual-musicality in the Moving Image : An Aesthetical Approach)- University of Essex, UK. MA in Audiovisual Production (specializing in film/tv directing), London Guildhall University, London (Pass with Distinction). B. Art in Interpreting and Translation, City University, B. Art in Journalism, Lafole National University, Mogadishu Vocational Training & Software Excellent knowledge and operation of the following sound, film and video equipment and software: Arriflex 35 mm film cameras. Arriflex ST 16 mm film cameras. Arriflex BL 16 mm film cameras. Eclair 16 mm film cameras. Bolex 16 mm film cameras. Nagra Sound Recorder. Panasonic DVC-PRO TV Broadcast Video cameras. Panasonic Mini-DV & P2 professional cameras. Sony VX-2000 TV Broadcast cameras. Canon XL and XL-1S semi-professional cameras. Adobe Illustrator, Dreamweaver and PageMaker. AVID LIQUID & AVID Express PRO HD Non-linear Video Editing. Pinnacle Non-linear Video Editing (Liquid & Silver editions). Adobe Premiere Non-linear Video Editing (Versions Pro 1.5). Final Cut PRO and PRO X. Ulead Media Studio Pro 6.0 & 7 Non-linear Video Editing. Adobe Photoshop (Versions: ). Ulead Photo Impact XL. Cool Edit Pro 2.0 Non-linear Audio Editing. Training Course as a movie and TV Director and cameraman, Baghdad Training Course as a movie cameraman at the British Films Limited, 1977.

2 Work Experience Lecturer at Qatar University, College of Arts and Sciences, Mass Communication Department, teaching: 1. Documentary Film Production 2. Visual Communication Doha, Qatar, September 2014-to date. Visiting Lecturer at West Virginia State University, College of Arts and Humanities, Department of Communication, courses taught: 1. Introduction to Mass Communication 2. Web TV Series Charleston, West Virginia, 2013 Lecturer at University of Sharjah - College of Communication, courses taught: 1. TV and Radio Directing 2. Broadcast News Writing II 3. Video Shooting & Editing 4. Documentary Film 5. Photojournalism 6. Writing for Electronic Media 7. Broadcast Preparation & Presentation 8. Media Criticism 9. Broadcast Applications 10. TV and Radio Reporting 11. Media Translation 12. Electronic Media Production 13. Introduction to Electronic Journalism 14. Supervised Graduation Projects in Broadcast Journalism, Sharjah, UAE, September Lecturer at Ajman University of Science and Technology - Faculty of Information, courses taught: 1. TV & Radio directing 2. Photojournalism 3. Applications in Multimedia 4. TV and Radio Presentation Skills, Ajman, UAE, September 2003-August Lecturer at North Westminster Community College (EAL Department, main subjects: Media Studies and Humanities), London April October2003. Lead artist, Video Shooting Techniques Workshop within X-ray Vision Project of Tower Hamlets Council, London 28/04/ /07/2001. Art Manager and President of Praxis Language Unit at Praxis, a London leading Human Rights Organisation, London 12/01/ /12/2000. Interpreter/translator for the Interpreting & Advocacy Project at Oxford House, London Italian and Arabic languages interpreter/translator for the Redbridge Signposting Project, Arabic, English, Italian and Somali languages interpreter at the Central Criminal Court, Leicester Magistrates Court, Harrow Magistrates Court, Staines Magistrates Court and Steels Lane Health Centre, UK Part-time Community Arts and Media Advisor for the Women Group (Tawakal),

3 Teacher of refugee students with underachievement problems (SOMPET Project), Tutor of Video Shooting Techniques at Bethnal Green Centre of Tower Hamlets Adult Education Department, Media & Labour Relations expert and member of the teaching staff of Chances Agency, an organization of the Municipality of Rome dealing with migrants on issues of career advice, media and orientation, Rome, Italy Tutor of E.U (European Union) funded course on Multiculturalism and Media for Italian executives-in both public and private sectors-on issues of migrant workers, Rome, Italy Deputy Director of the Foreign Workers Centre of the major Trade Union in Italy (the C.G.I.L), Rome, Italy Member of the editorial board, correspondent and representative in Italy for the London based cultural magazine HalAbur issued in English and Somali languages, Multiculturalism education teacher in Italian Intermediate schools, Rome Founder, coordinator and presenter of radiobroadcast Neyruz, Rome, Film Director and Cameraman of 14 documentaries, reportages, short fictions, and movies for the Somali Film Agency, Mogadishu Writer and editor of a weekly page on Arts and Culture in October Star newspaper issued in Arabic Language, Mogadishu Main Works Sana a: Symphony of an Old City, a city symphony genre film in editing stage, Tajouj, Collection of poems published on April 2013 in Sharjah. This is UAE, a film presented to the 66 th annual Conference of IAESTE (International Association for Exchange of Students for Technical Experience) held in Dublin, Ireland. This film won the UAE full membership of IAESTE. Organised and coached speakers at the TEDx University of Sharjah held on February 2013 at University of Sharjah Auditorium. A Bright Smile, a promotional film for the University of Sharjah Dental Hospital. UoS Alumni Association: A Loyalty Forum, a film that traces and narrates the lives of University of Sharjah students who work now as engineers, law-men, medical doctors etc. Sharjah University: A Life Experience, promotional film about University of Sharjah (Arabic and English versions). Intel Arab World Science Competition, documentary on the the participants of the second Competition of Science in the Arab World organized by Intel and held in UAE. Sky is the Limit, documentary film on British ethnic minorities Educational Endeavors and successes. This film won the achievement Award in the Ethnic Minorities Art Works Festival held in London on March 2011.

4 Member of the Directing Board and reviewer of the peer-reviewed bi-lingual Journal JMEM (Journal of Middle East Media) published by AUSACE in the USA. This journal published four of my articles. Effects of New Media on TV: Can we talk about a New Television Language?, article published by The Journal of Arab TV and Radio. Integration: Visual Narratives, documentary film on ethnic minorities social integration in London. Life through the Lens, documentary on ethnic minorities youngsters life prospects in Camden Town, London. Sharjah University: Tradition and Modernity, documentary film on the history of Sharjah University. Internship: Additional Confidence, documentary film on training and career development of Sharjah University students involved on internship courses. College of Communication, promotional documentary film on Sharjah University s College of Communication. The Child, short feature film based on Herman Hesse s Incipit Vita Nova, shot in London. Children of Ibrahim, short documentary on racial integration through the story of a building which used to be a church then a synagogue then a Masjid in Brick Lane, London. 3-D Viewer, short fiction shot in Yemen, officially selected for the Raindance London Film Festival, Emirates Film Festival and Dublin Film Festival. Supervised the scriptwriting, directing, shooting and editing of more than 60 short fiction and documentaries within the practical activities of my students at both Ajman and Sharjah universities, UAE. Film reviews and articles published in mainstream newspapers and cultural magazines in the UAE. African cinema and oral story-telling, a book originally written in English and translated to Arabic, to be published in UAE. Voice and Space, a case study on the films of the renowned film director Soulemane Cisse', to be published as a book in the UAE. A series of my lectures in TV Directing, Video Shooting & Editing and Photojournalism, to be published as text books in the UAE. Photographic exhibition on the theme Faces and Lives in London s East End. Documentary film on the 10 th Ethnic Minorities Festival in London organized by Oxford House, London. Founder and organizer of a series of six seminars on issues regarding endangered languages, especially Somali, Kurdish, Spanish and Welsh as part of my work in the Praxis Language

5 Unit, London. Faces and Voices a documentary Film Script about the problems of refugees in the UK. Collection of poems written in Arabic, to be published. Arab love poems a translation to Italian language of the seven most beautiful Arabic love poems since the last 1500 years. A hook to fish a short TV documentary on sustainable development projects in developing countries, shot at Rome in Numbi a short fiction movie on a ritual dance shot in 16mm in Arab and African Cinema: Which way ahead? a short documentary shot in 16 mm in Un uomo di razza an Italian long fiction movie produced by the R.A.I. (Italian public television). I was the cameraman of the film. This film was shot in 35 mm in Tree of life a short fiction movie, which won 7 international prizes, shot in 16 mm in It is not a joke a short fiction movie shot in 16 mm in Tanwir a long documentary film on the cultural and social integration between Egypt, Sudan and Somalia directed by Kheyri Bishara. I worked as the Cameraman of the Somali part of the film. This film won the first prize in cinematography at the Cairo Film Festival in H2O = Life a short documentary shot in 16mm in Long film reportage on Horn of Africa wars in Firdows a novel in 1978 (written in Arabic). Language skills Conversant in four languages: English, Arabic, and Italian (all fluent). Links to some of my films :