• Reel
  • Films
  • Music Videos
  • Commercials
  • Photography
  • Art
  • Info
  • Contact

Hassan Said

  • Reel
  • Films
  • Music Videos
  • Commercials
  • Photography
  • Art
  • Info
  • Contact
Photograph by    Amanda Gonzalez

Photograph by Amanda Gonzalez

Biography

Hassan Said is a trilingual, Egyptian born, award winning Director as well as Producer, Writer - with over decade plus experience in motion pictures, commercials, music videos, documentary and web content. Furthermore, Hassan is also a member of the Screen Actors Guild of America. He has created content in English, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese and French. 

Upon graduating from Academy of Art University in San Francisco, Hassan began working as a videographer/editor at the renowned agency Goodby, Silverstein and Partners for clients like Yahoo, NBA, Sprint, Cheetos, Dickies, HP, Adobe, Haagen Dazs, to name a few. Not soon after, Hassan traveled to Angola with the sponsorship of ministry of culture to produce and mentor a Portuguese speaking film Alambamento which went on to win multiple awards and gain distribution in over 40+ countries as well as platforms like Amazon, iTunes and more. Fast forward several years later, his work has won multiple awards, screened in over 50 festivals in over 40 countries with write-ups by independent critics as well as international magazine outlets globally. Later he moved to Los Angeles working on multiple projects from commercials to television to narrative with prominent clients like Warner Bros., Universal, Paramount, MJZ, Biscuit Filmworks, Focus Features, NBC and more in multiple capacities.  

He has directed over ten award winning narrative short films, as well as a number of commercials, music videos, web series and documentary content. Currently he is developing over five feature films, music videos and other projects in the United States and abroad. He hopes to continue to tell stories of self-awareness and vivid realities. His poetic use of striking characters and imagery explores the psychological impact of both life’s shocking and heartwarming moments. 

Recently conceptualized with fellow filmmaking partners and collaborators  from around the globe: an arts and entertainment group agency with the awesome name PIGEON ROOST COLLABORATIVE - a Filmmakers company representing directors/cinematographers as well as  integrated and delivering Creative, Production, Post Production, and Foreign Production Services. The motto will always be "We Leave It All On The Screen"

When he’s not working, you can find Hassan hammering at his typewriter working on his five features in development for US and abroad; maybe wandering the streets of Los Angeles or San Francisco taking pictures with his old Hasselblad or showcasing his photography in various galleries and exhibitions locally and globally. 

He holds a dual AMERICAN and EGYPTIAN citizenships. 

Trivia: 
Hassan moved to New York at age 16, worked as a web designer and photographer 2000 to 2007 amongst multiple other jobs. 
Screened films in over 50+ festivals - in over 40 countries and won multiple awards since 2005 globally.
Worked on and off camera with notable talents such as: Clint Eastwood, Sean Penn, Gus Van Sant, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Vince Vaughn, Harris Savides, John SIngleton, Ellen Degeneress, John Malkovich, Dan Gilory, Jake Gylenhall, Rene Russo, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Todd Phillips, Luc Besson, Shia LeBouf, amongst some. 

Partial Client/Companies List: Nike, Luna Bar, Dickies, GSP, Amerigo FIlms, MJZ, Smuggler, Biscuit Filmworks, Chevy, Harvest, CBS, Universal, Paramount, Hyundai, Tool, Sprint, NBA, Yahoo, Doritos, Focus Features, Hungry Man.

13730824_10153608181002041_8384286842384888164_o.jpg still_mute_2.jpg 12803061_10153306915337041_6197195305296187623_n.jpg Picture 099.jpeg IMG_6172.JPG still_mute_1.jpg hassanPicture 175.jpg 4978_109866712040_2144181_n.jpg 12806182_10153306915327041_8191484686097706414_n.jpg DSC01067.jpeg grandpa_day_two_58.jpg 13701212_1078697082212759_8647615763940946189_o.jpg IMG_9322.jpeg 13708300_1078697168879417_1763186271911171235_o (1).jpg Picture 024.jpg pictures 146.jpeg 13640935_1078696422212825_8603091923224126706_o.jpg Picture 090.jpg Picture 164.jpg Picture 037.jpg Andersonville.jpg Photo Jan 29, 11 26 21 PM.jpg IMG_7547.jpg


PRESS & Interviews

•CAIRO SCENE - EGYPTIANS IN HOLLYWOOD: HASSAN SAID AND HIS CHARACTER-DRIVEN STORIES
•BAZAAR - AN ANECDOTE FOR HUMAN LIFE: Filmmaker Hassan Said Explores The Reality Of Being A Human Being
•WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN - An Egyptian in L.A.
•SEARCH MY TRASH - An Interview with Hassan Said, Director of It's a Strange World
•THE LONGHAUL PODCAST - Ep.19 Hassan Said
•MAKING MOVIES IS HARD - Episode 46 – Surviving in Los Angeles with Hassan Said
•LA ART STREAM - Creative Current with Hassan Said
•JORNAL DE ANGOLA - Filme sobre "Alambamento" exibido no Festival Lusófono


AWARDS, ACCOLADES & exhibitions

Selected Film Festival & International Screenings:
• WINNER of the German Independence Award for Best foreign language short film at the Oldenburgh International Film Festival - MUTE
• WINNER of the Award of Merit for Short film and Direction - The Accolade Film Awards - MUTE
• WINNER of Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Cinematography at  International Euro FIlm Festival - SAL Y LIMON
• WINNER of Best Short Film at Luanda International Film Festival - ALAMBAMENTO
• WINNER of the silver palm award at Mexico International Film Festival - IT'S A STRANGE WORLD
• WINNER of Best Experimental at Epidemic Film Festival - INFAMY
• WINNER of Best Film at GSP Film Festival - ALAMBAMENTO
• WINNER of achievement in Cinematography at AVA Awards - BITCH
• WINNER of the Jury Award for Best Editing at the Big Easy Film Festival - MUTE
• WINNER of Best Score at Los Angeles Live Score FIlm Festival - DEATH WILL TREMBLE
• Official Selection ReelHeart International Film Festival - MUTE
• Official Selection Queens Film Festival - MUTE
• Official Selection Independents' film festival - MUTE
• Official Selection Jersey Shore Film Festival - MUTE
• Official Selection San Antonio Film Festival - MUTE
• Official Selection Indie Fest USA - MUTE
• Official Selection Atlanta Underground Film Festival - MUTE
• Official Selection at Post Mortem Film Festival - SAL Y LIMON
• Official Selection Tenerife International Film Festival - ALAMBAMENTO
• Official Selection Vancouver International Film Festival - ALAMBAMENTO
• Official Selection HollyShorts Film Festival x2 - ALAMBAMENTO & BLACK SWAN
• Official Selection Bahamas International Film Festival - ALAMBAMENTO 
• Official Selection Cinema by the bay Film Festival - San Francisco Film Society - ALAMBAMENTO
• Official Selection Pan African Film Festival - ALAMBAMENTO
• Official Selection Black Harvest Film Festival - ALAMBAMENTO
• Official Selection Capalbio Cinema International Film Festival - ALAMBAMENTO
• Official Selection Byron Bay international Film Festival - MUTE
• Official Selection Molise Cinema Film Festival - ALAMBAMENTO
• Official Selection Malibu Film Festival - ALAMBAMENTO
• Official Selection Festival Amadis du Film - ALAMBAMENTO
• Official Selection Africa In The Picture Film Festival - ALAMBAMENTO
• Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival - INFAMY
• Official Selection New York International Independent Film & Video Festival - UNFORGETTABLE ROMANCE
• Official Selection at Festin Itinerant Festival of Portuguese Language - ALAMBAMENTO

Selected Photography & Fine Art Exhibitions:
• Venice Art Crawl - Shadow Faces
• 10th Annual Middle Eastern Heritage Celebration (2010). Film screening. San Jose City College/San Jose, California
• Los Angeles Arts District Winterfest Film exhibition of Infamy and It’s A Strange World. 
• Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young, A Night of Egyptian Art and Culture (2009). Photography exhibition and film screening. The de Young Museum/San Francisco, California. 
• Edith Coliver International House Festival of Cultures (2009). Photo exhibition. Berkley University, Berkley California. 
• Egyptian Cultural Day, SFSU International Educational Week (2008). Photo exhibit and film screening. San Francisco State University/San Francisco, California. 

“Hassan Said has already proven himself to be an extraordinarily visionary director with a fondness for imagery and chaos over strict plot and order”
— The Independent Critic
“Similar to the work of David Lynch and Luis Bunuel... Hassan Said is a filmmaker with a vision”
— Rogue Cinema

FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM

Decided to take some promo stills of the lovely leads Briana Walsh @charliehuffs and Jordan Potch @jordanpotch of my upcoming feature film This Is Your Song @tiysfilm - here are some photo selects that turned out great and i am really happy with! #portraits #thisisyoursong #thisisyoursongfilm #blackandwhite #bw #bts #love #beautiful #indiefilm #actors #julesandjames #bw_society #sanfrancisco #film #movie #promo #photoshoot #bestoftheday #photooftheday #picoftheday #canon #teamcanon #sheltontheater #astoryaboutlovenotalovestory
“Till death do us part...” - montage day 4 #julesandjames #thisisyoursong #thisisyoursongfilm #featurefilm #indiefilm #filmmaking #setlife #wedding #scene #marriage #love #beautiful #sun #sky #cityhall #sanfrancisco #california #movie #bts #actors #smile #afilmbyhassansaid #astoryaboutlovenotalovestory #happy #photooftheday #bestoftheday
La Dolce Vita Jules - montage, day 2, shooting around Frisco. .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
#beautiful #goldengatepark #setlife #thisisyoursong #thisisyoursongfilm #filmmaking #love #actor #costume #movie #production #sanfrancisco #sf #california #character #bts #photooftheday #bestoftheday #afilmbyhassansaid #indiefilm #actorslife #astoryaboutlovenotalovestory #arthouse #dress
Briana.
#magichour #sunset #pointreyes #beach #sky #clouds #blue #portrait #beautiful #love #photooftheday #bestoftheday #picoftheday #bts #actor #instagood #instamood #location
WE DID IT! Last night we pulled off the impossible. In 97min flat, a true ONE SHOT take with no edits or cuts from beginning to end. It was beyond any words and emotions - one of the most challenging and enduring experiences for everyone involved.
This whole team came together under the craziest of confinements, technical challenges, worked in sync and made it happen- a rare cinematic growth experience . We fucking did it and it was one hell of a rush!
Briana Walsh and Jordan Potch - you touched us all yesterday with your performances, thank you for shining through after all these long hard weeks of rehearsals. I am so damn proud of you two and the happiest director riding this wave with you. 
All the love also goes to our versatile supporting cast Joanna Kay, Edward Hightower, L Jeffrey Moore, Luke Myers and Jenna Davi
Huge props to our multi-versed, multi-talented, and kick ass crew all around who made this thing happen. My co-producer In crime Masha Blind, my co-writer Lourdes Figueroa, my crazy little cinematographer Peggy Peralta, solid AD team Jeremiah A. Kelleher and H.j. Day (Hilton Jamal Day) , camera team William Dauel and Esther Isabel Santamaria, art department gangstas Jaszi S Nicholes and Raffaella Clemente Flores, sound team badasses Steven Lagosh and Chris Camacho, my long time makeup artist collaborator Margaret Caragan Aldrich, the funniest lighting crew Matthew Stouppe and Joseph R Barrett, our miracle worker UPM Cole Winokur, and the best PA team jessica, josh, ira, and Evan.
Thank you all for a wondrous and unforgettable night of hard work and film magic- we pulled it through. Thank you thank you thank you.
It’s not a wrap just yet, now to shoot the montage, back to work.
#thisisyoursong #thisisyoursongfilm #slate #cast #crew #oneshot #filmmaking #setlife #bts #photooftheday #bestoftheday #love #beautiful #featurefilm #indiefilm #independentfilm #film #movie #sanfrancisco #director #afilmbyhassansaid #astoryaboutlovenotalovestory #arthouse #drama #oner
I am not the kind of the director who sits by a monitor, or shows up last on set. I need to move, to touch, to create, to be involved in every aspect of making my films from conceptualizing to picking the color of a fixture. Most importantly, I yearn to direct to penetrate the soul of the persons in front of the camera and let the actors lose the balance of themselves vs their characters that they become one, inseparable and grow to be part of their being through the rest of their lives. It is hard work and will always be hard work. Yet actors are the most delicate and beautiful piece of the vast canvas for me, they are my children, my extension, my love. once this is all over, it will be a strife to not see these two every day working together, seeing them grow, guiding them through  to breath life into those characters. This moment is everything. (photo by Cole Winokur)
#director #actors #thisisyoursong #thisisyoursongfilm #emotionalmoment #rehearsal #setlife #actorslife #filmmaking #featurefilm #film #movie #cast #bts #julesandjames #beautiful #love #photooftheday #bestoftheday #astoryaboutlovenotalovestory #filmmaker #filmisnotdead #happy
DAY 1, SHOT AND IN THE CAN! with all the awesome cast, and hard working crew, 40 plus extras and rain with blood moon in lunar eclipse - we tackled all challenges with grace and made a long day pull through @tiysfilm - #thisisyoursongfilm #filmmaking #movie #featurefilm #setlife #sanfrancisco #drama #film #indiefilm #arthouse #astoryaboutlovenotalovestory #arrialexa #zeissmasterprime #love #beautiful #crew #cast #photooftheday #bestoftheday #slate #independentfilm #director #thisisyoursong #stage

FOLLOW ON TWITTER

  • This Is Your Song now entrees post production and we are still wrapping our productions final phases. Our fundraise… https://t.co/uuvylnmxJM
    about 5 days ago
  • This Is Your Song now entrees post production and we are still wrapping our productions final phases. Our fundraise… https://t.co/96oqUjHvDw
    about 5 days ago
  • Decided to take some promo stills of the lovely leads Briana Walsh @charliehuffs and Jordan Potch jordanpotch of my… https://t.co/imHeL5LLhM
    about a week ago
  • IT’S A WRAP! we finished shooting the entire feature film in number of days. Principal photography on This Is Your… https://t.co/kFCSOkv2qx
    about 2 weeks ago
  • https://t.co/raf89E7HUK
    about 2 weeks ago
  • La Dolce Vita Jules - montage, day 2, shooting around Frisco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #beautiful… https://t.co/labInypn7b
    about 2 weeks ago
  • https://t.co/u851aCiC5f
    about 2 weeks ago
  • WE DID IT! Last night we pulled off the impossible. In 97min flat, a true ONE SHOT take with no edits or cuts from… https://t.co/cajGcWhSro
    about 2 weeks ago
  • I am not the kind of the director who sits by a monitor, or shows up last on set. I need to move, to touch, to crea… https://t.co/aP31p20Rbt
    about 3 weeks ago

© MMXIX HASSANSAID.COM. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.