Mazen Khaled is a US based Lebanese director, Screenwriter, editor and producer. He is mostly known for his 2017 feature film Martyr which was screened at the 74th Venice International Film Festival and was nominated for the

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award. It was also selected for screening at the 2018

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film festival in the Global section. Khaled also won the award for Best Artistic Achievement at the 2018 Alexandria International Film Festival for his work on Martyr. Khaled's 2010 short film
My Queer Samsara (2010)
' premiered at the 2010 The International Film Festival Rotterdam. His other notable works as a director include ''A Petty Bourgeois Dream (2016)', A Very Dangerous Man (2012)'', which was nominated for a Muhr Award at the Dubai International Film Festival, ''and Our Gentleman of the Wings (2010)''.

Life and career

Khaled obtained a bachelor's degree in political studies from

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. He then completed his master's degree in public policy from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. He also attended a film production program at

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and the screenwriting MFA program at

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. He started his career as a policy analyst and project manager and consequently he moved to advertising niche where he wrote and directed numerous ad films for around 12 years. His early works included experimental films with emphasis on "16mm film and contemporary art video". In 2002, he produced and directed his first short film ''Cadillac Blues.'' He is also known as the co-founder of Beirut-based art collector organization EXIST.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{IMDb name, 2925066, Mazen Khaled
Mazen Khaled
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Interview of Mazen Khaled
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Interview with Mazen Khaled by Angelo Acerbi for FRED Radio
Living people Lebanese film directors Lebanese film producers 21st-century Lebanese writers Year of birth missing (living people) Writers from Beirut Lebanese male writers