Hailing from Syria, Ahmad Taleb travelled the world in pursuit of his passion for film, along the way he left a commendable footprint of his career and now holds titles as filmmaker, content creator and TV, film & commercial director.
Ahmad now works at Flick, a company with a vision to be a leader in content creation for existing and emerging multimedia platforms – providing global audiences with relevant and compelling content while utilising cost-effective ways to reach target audiences.
To date, his most impactful project was working with UNICEF to help spread awareness help bring aide to victims of the war in Syria.
“Having studied Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Digital Film & Television at Limkokwing inspired me in a lot of different ways because I met different kinds of people in one place – the multicultural vibe, working on assignments together shapes your perspective of the world and hence had an influence in helping me make better movies.”
Currently Ahmad is working on various exciting projects but one that stands out for him is being an assistant director at Ghanili beljao on MBC Tv – the most popular TV Channel in the middle east.
“My most outstanding achievements is winning 3 awards – one which I gained from my graduation project in Limkokwing - it was a short film and I have won 3 awards in Russia, Italy, and Morocco and that got me an acknowledgement from Dubai Government. I have been offered a golden visa in Dubai based on the creative work I did for Ghanili beljao on MBC Tv during the 6 years of my career.”
Utilising digital platforms for work was not much of a challenge during the pandemic, “I started making my YouTube and Instagram content to engage to the audience outside my home and thanks God, I was achieving a good number cross 3 million engagements around the world.”
Advising those are looking to pursue the same career path as him Ahmad said, “I advise everyone to keep working and make mistakes, don’t hesitate to do anything, we really learn from ourselves , get engage with any projects and remember everywhere has cha Ghanili beljao on MBC Tv nce.”
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