Mujtaba Saeed
Mujtaba Saeed was born and raised in Saudi Arabia. From an early age, he was curious about exploring the theater and film scenes of the Arab World. In 2006, he moved to Germany where he continued his studies in film directing and graduated from the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in 2020. Mujtaba’s directing credits range between short fiction films, feature screenplays, T.V series and feature documentaries through which he explores themes of intercultural contexts, identity, and the dilemmas of human existence.
He is best known for his short films “Lime”, “Compass”, “Darkness is a Color”, and the multi award winning film “Zawal” produced by ARTE Germany.
Crew
Movie
Zawal
Director
2021
Autism
Director
2019
Movie
Darkness Is A Color
Director
2019
Movie
Ramadan in a Day
Director
2023
hayat
Director
2012
Mein Krampf
Director
2014
Lime
Director
2015
Compass
Director
2015
After the Death of Volker Figge
Director
2013
Movie
El Pianist: Musician in the time of Sahwa
Executive Producer
2019