Mark Abouzeid

Cedars Productions
Filmmaker, Photographer (Still), Screenwriter, Director and Producer

Graz, Austria

Member Since:
October 2014

Last online:
> 2 weeks ago

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About Mark

Freelance Director of Photography, award-winning photographer & documentary videographer. Currently, he is the founder of Cedars Productions and Director of Filmmaking for Real Lives Multicultural Association. His films have received recognition at festivals around the world including Australia, France, India, Lebanon and the U.S.

Over a 30 year career, Mark Abouzeid has worked in International Finance, Technology & Innovation, Photojournalism and Living Heritage Conservation. Today, he concentrates his efforts in the Middle East, Africa and Europe helping conserve the artisan, cultural and living heritage of the communities with whom he lives and works. As a freelance photography director, Abouzeid’s clients include Indie documentary film makers, ICH Foundations, NGOs, Museums, Heritage Villages and Cultural Travel media.

Unique traits: extensive field experience for adventure/expedition, long reportage (2+ years on location), ethnography, living heritage, multi-lingual interviews, fluent in Italian & English, Competent in French.

Gender:
Male

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Videos

Peruvian Amazon Storytelling Workshop Call for Applications

Reel: Mark Abouzeid's culture is the one he is in.

Human-ity: Lessons from War, Episode 1 Trailer

Culture Nomad | A day in the life (Lebanon)

Loglines

Still Life Budget: $100K - $1M | Comedy ⋄ Drama “It was never about suicide.” A quadriplegic boy, experiences life and finds his place in the world through the epic stories of a quad man who only wants to die. Consigned to one hospital floor, through their eyes we get insight into the professional and personal lives of the staff/patients.
Growing Cedars in Air Documentary In an era when globalisation threatens cultural identity everywhere, Growing Cedars in Air is the story of one people who have emigration in their veins and, yet, have never lost their own cultural identity. “Growing Cedars in Air” is a indie documentary video project about personal discovery of what it means to be Lebanese…about the living heritage and unique culture that has allowed Lebanese to flourish wherever they settle.

Credits

The Gunmaker (2017 - 2018)
Documentary by Real Lives Filmaker, Director
Finding My Lebanon (2016)
Film Director
The Fromager | The last cheesemakers of Ehden (2016)
Film (short) by Slow Food Beirut Filmaker, Director