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Egyptian DOP Ahmad Al Morsy, CSC has just added two new awards to his resume after the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) announced him as the winner of the Silver Award in the Feature Films category for his work in Diamond Dust and the Gold Award in the Documentary Films category for Point of Convergence. This marks Al Morsy's seventh award from the ACS since he joined as a member last year.

Diamond Dust is the third collaboration between Al Morsy and director Marwan Hamed. The film won Al Morsy two Best Cinematography awards at the Egyptian Cinema Film Association Festival and the Cinematic Professions Syndicate, in collaboration with The British University in Egypt (BUE).

Point of Convergence is a documentary filmthatshowcases Egypt's touristic places and different cultures directed by Marwan Hamed and filmed by Al Morsy. Al Morsy also directed the second unit of the film with director Ahmed Rasheed that was filmed by Ahmed Beshary and Taimour Taimour.

These awards bring the total number of awards received by Al Morsy from the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) to seven awards in one year. The awards are: the Gold Award in theFeatures - Cinema category, Ross Wood Senior ACS Judges Award for Best Entry, and the Award of Distinction for The Originals, Gold Award in the Commercials - National/ International categoryfor The Ministry of Electricity TV commercial, and the Bronze Award in the Music Videos categoryfor Ann Farh Ghayeb music video by singer Angham, in addition to the Silver Award in the Feature Films category for his work in Diamond Dust and the Gold Award in the Documentary Films category for the documentary film Point of Convergence.

The Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) is a non-profit organization that was formed in 1958 for the purpose of providing a forum for cinematographers to further develop their skills through mutual co-operation.

Ahmad Al Morsy is a member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) and the Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC). Throughout his career, Al Morsy won 17 awards for his work, including Messages From The Sea (2010), The Party (2013), The Blue Elephant (2014), The Originals (2017), Diamond Dust (2018), and Blue Elephant: Dark Whispers, which is currently in theaters. Blue Elephant: Dark Whispers made more than EGP 102 million in the Egyptian box office so far, becoming the highest-grossing film in the history of Egyptian cinema. Al Morsy is currently shooting the film Al Aref: Awdat Younis by director Ahmad Alaa Aldeeb and preparing for Marwan Hamed's upcoming film Kira & El Gen that marks their fifth collaboration.

DOP Ahmad Al Morsy, CSC will compete with his work in the feature film The Originals in the International Competition for Feature Films at the 5th ADF Festival of Cinematography in Argentina, which is solely dedicated to celebrating the work of directors of photography and cinematographers.

The Originals, which was released in theaters two years ago and screened at many film festivals, won Al Morsy five national and international awards, including the Gold Award in theFeatures - Cinema category, Ross Wood Senior ACS Judges Award for Best Entry, and the Award of Distinction at the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS), in addition to the Best Cinematography award at the 33rd Alexandria International Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries, and the Best Cinematography award at the Egyptian National Film Festival.

Recently, Al Morsy was selected to become an accredited member of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC), by which he is now eligible to add the association's acronym C.S.C. or CSC to his own name. Last year, Al Morsy became a member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS).

Throughout his career, Ahmad Al Morsy made more than 50 films, and won 15 awards for his work, including Messages From The Sea (2010), The Party (2013), The Blue Elephant (2014), The Originals (2017), Diamond Dust (2018), and Blue Elephant: Dark Whispers, which is currently in theaters. Blue Elephant: Dark Whispers made more than EGP 102 million in the Egyptian box office so far, becoming the highest-grossing film in the history of Egyptian cinema. Al Morsy is currently shooting the film Al Aref: Awdat Younis by director Ahmad Alaa Aldeeb, as well as preparing for Kira & El Gen by Marwan Hamed, marking their fifth collaboration.

DOP Ahmad Al Morsy has been selected to become an accredited member of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC), by which he is now eligible to add the association's acronym C.S.C. or CSC to his own name.

The Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC) is a non-profit organization founded in 1957 to promote the artistic creativity and required skills for cinematography. Its more than 500 accredited members are selected in accordance with specific criteria focusing on their unique cinematographic skills in various areas of film: feature films, documentaries, television series, specials and commercials. Only fully accredited members to this society are permitted to put the initials C.S.C. or CSC after their names.

A few months ago, Al Morsy won the Award of Distinction for The Originals film from the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) after competing against the winners of the Golden Award in the Cinema category. It is also the fifth award that Al Morsy has won since joining the society last year.

Al Morsy is a member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) and the Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC). For more than twenty years, DOP Ahmad Al Morsy has been working in the filmmaking industry making more than 50 films and won fifteen awards for his work, including Messages From The Sea (2010), The Party (2013), The Blue Elephant (2014), The Originals (2017), Diamond Dust (2018), and Blue Elephant: Dark Whispers, which is currently in cinemas and is close to reaching EGP 100 million in box-office revenues. He is currently working on the film Al Aref: Awdat Younis by director Ahmad Alaa Aldeeb and he will undertake the position of Lighting Director for the upcoming edition of El Gouna Film Festival.

Egyptian DOP Ahmad Al Morsy won the ''Award of Distinction'' for The Originals film from the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) after competing against the winners of the Golden Award in the Cinema category. It is also the fifth award that Al Morsy has won since joining the society last year.

Through his Facebook page, Al Morsy commented, "Out of 10 Gold winners at the individual State & Territory Awards, I received the "Award of Distinction" for my work on The Originals Movie at the 2019 ACS National Awards for Cinematography. My 5th Award from the Australian Cinematographers Society. Many Thanks to the ACS for their continuous support & recognition. Much appreciated! "

In 2018, Al Morsy won four awards from the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS), including the Gold Award in the Features - Cinema category, Ross Wood Senior ACS Judges Award for Best Entry for The Originals film, the Gold Award in the Commercials - National/International category for the Ministry of Electricity commercial, in addition to the Bronze Award in the Music Videos category for the Ann Farh Ghayeb music video (2017) by Angham.

The Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1958 for the purpose of providing a forum for Australian cinematographers to further develop their skills through mutual co-operation.

Al Morsy is a member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) and the Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC). For more than twenty years, DOP/Director Ahmad Al Morsy has been working in the filmmaking industry making more than 50 films and won fifteen awards for his work. As for TV commercials, Al Morsy became one of the most important cameramen in the Arab world due to his passion in experimenting with new tools. During the Ramadan 2019 season, he directed and filmed two TV ads, including the ad for Baheya Hospital and the ad for the Egyptian Zakat House and Charity.

For the fourth time, ARRI has featured some of DOP Ahmad Al Morsy's works in a video of its production where best shots taken by the ALEXA and AMIRA cameras are shown. Al Morsy was featured in the video through some scenes from his ad for WE Communications 'Indigo Plus'featuring star Ahmed Ezz which aired in November, 2018.

The ARRI Camera Showreel 2019 highlights some of the finest images over the past year. Featuring some of the most recognized recent films and cutting-edge commercials, the showreel takes its audience on a visual journey around the world. It includes scenes from distinguished Hollywood films of 2018, such as Roma, the winner of the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Cinematography, as well as Cold War, A Star is Born, and Marvel's Captain Marvel.

Watch the ARRI Camera Showreel 2019 from here: https://vimeo.com/328629669
Watch the WE ad 'Indigo Plus'from here: https://vimeo.com/303819408

Al Morsy is a member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) and the Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC). For more than twenty years, DOP/Director Ahmad Al Morsy has been working in the filmmaking industry making more than 50 films and over 2000 TV ads as a DOP, and recently as a director as well. Throughout his career, Al Morsy won eleven awards for six of his films. As a director, his repertoire extends to include more than ten commercials. As for TV commercials, Al Morsy became one of the most important cameramen in the Arab world due to his passion in experimenting with new tools in more than 2000 ads in Egypt, Morocco, UAE, Jordan, Lebanon, Spain, U.K., and France.

This is the fourth time for Al Morsy to be featured in a video of ARRI's best camera users as his project for the Union National Bank was selected as the main ad for its showreel presentation at IBC Expo 2015 that featured videos that have been filmed using ALEXA and AMIRA cameras in 2015 and in 2016 within The Looks of ALEXA video that features Al Morsy's Ministry of Electricity TV commercial; Enta El Hall, in addition to the ad for L'azurde. ARRI also featured his work in Al Aslyeen film, Vodafone's 4G Geel Bykamel Geel (A Generation Leads Another) commercial campaign, Pharco, and Angham's music video An Farh Ghyeb in their camera showreel in 2017.

Most recently, Al Morsy won three Best Cinematography Awards at the Egyptian Cinema Film Association Festival, the British University in Cairo, and the Egyptian Cinema Syndicate for his film Diamond Dust. In addition, he wrapped shooting The Blue Elephant 2 by director Marwan Hamed. Al Morsy joined a team of professional expeditions in a first-time unearthing of a Pharaonic tomb that streamed live on Discovery Channel under a special titled "Expedition Unknown: Egypt Live". The special streaming was headlined by a number of Hollywood's select producers; the two-time Emmy Award winner Leslie Greif, Executive Producer of Big Dreams Entertainment; Discovery Studios' Executive Producers Peter Isacksen (The Munsters Today),and Steve Beim (Super Bowl 2016.

Founded in 1917 in Munich, ARRI is the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of motion picture cameras, digital intermediate systems and lighting equipment. ARRI's AlEXA cameras have been used by a number of Oscars-awarded films forBest Achievement in Cinematography such as Hugo by Martin Scorsese, Life of Pi by Ang Lee, Birdman by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, and Gravity and Roma by Alfonso Cuarón.

DOP Ahmad Al Morsy joined a team of professional expeditionists in a first-time unearthing of a Pharaonic tomb that streamed live on Discovery Channel. Led by renowned adventurer Josh Gates and TV personality Chris Jacobs, the live broadcast was premiered under a special titled "Expedition Unknown: Egypt Live" that tracked the digging into an archaeological site in Minya governorate, Egypt. The rare incident was joined by renowned Egyptologist Zahi Hawass and Dr. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

The special streaming was headlined by a number of Hollywood's select producers; the two-time Emmy Award winner Leslie Greif, Executive Producer of Big Dreams Entertainment; Discovery Studios' Executive Producers Peter Isacksen (The Munsters Today), Sandy Varo Jarrell (Wheeler Dealers) and Howard Swartz; Jason Sklaver (Who Killd Tupac?), Steve Beim (Super Bowl 2016); Brad Kuhman and Casey Brumels Executive Directors of Ping Pong Productions, Executive Producerof Discovery Studios.

Commenting on this discovery, Al Morsy says, "I'm delighted to be part of this unique experience. To film such important event that is streaming live to be watched by millions of people around the world is something that doesn't happen every day. I'm very pleased to have my name attached to such a significant historic and cultural exploration and to collaborate with Discovery Channel on this notably unprecedented documentation."

The two-hour live event was aired on the American Discovery Channel, in addition to Travel Channel and Science Channel under the leadership of adventurer Josh Gates, winner of Best Host in CableFax Program Awards for Expedition Unknown, and American TV personality and commentator Chris Jacobs.

In this special, the long-standing show takes the viewers to the inner chambers of an excavation site, where archeologists have recently unearthed a network of vertical shafts leading to a number of tombs with 40 mummies believed to be part of the noble elite communities of ancient Egypt. The show also witnessed the discovery of a number of amazing monuments; most notably the unveiling of a 2500-year-old mummy that is believed to be of an ancient Egyptian noble, in addition to a mysterious statue of wax and other two mummies.

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Discovery Channel is an American pay TV network channel dedicated to providing factual and documentary TV shows and films about earth in all its wonder and diversity, with a focus on natural history, science and technology, environment, space, adventure, and exploration.

The 45th Egyptian Cinema Film Association Festival announced that Ahmad Al Morsy has won the Best Cinematography Award for his film Diamond Dust, marking his 4th win of the same award throughout his career, during which he gained 13 local and international awards. He is also a member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) and the Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC), which he recently joined.

Al Morsy previously won the same award for his films Rasa'el Al Bahr (2010), Al Hafla (2013), and the The Blue Elephant (2014), which is one of the highest-grossing Egyptian films in the last 10 years. The film grossed more than EGP 35 million, and 1.2 million tickets sold in Egypt. Al Morsy is currently working with director Marwan Hamed on the film's sequel The Blue Elephant 2 that is expected to be released next summer.

Alongside the Best Cinematography award, Diamond Dust also won Best Actor for Maged El Kedwany, Best Makeup for Tarek Mostafa, Best Music for Hesham Nazih, and Best Film as voted by the audience and the members of the Egyptian Cinema Film Association.

For the third time in his career, DOP Ahmad Al Morsy, member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS), won the Best Cinematography Award at the National Festival for Egyptian Cinema for his film Al Aslyeen (The Originals) (2017).

For the same film, Al Morsy won the Best Cinematography award at the Alexandria International Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries, Gold Award in the Features Cinema category and Ross Wood Senior ACS Judges Award for Best Entry from the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS), becoming the first Arab to be honored by the ACS since its inception.

Al Morsy won the Best Cinematography award at the National Festival for Egyptian Cinema for his films Messages from the Sea (Rasa'el Al Bahr) (2010) and Aswar Al Amar (2015), raising the tally to ten awards for five films from different regional and international film festivals.

Most recently, Al Morsy shot Faker Zaman music video, featuring Angham and Mohamed El Sharnouby, for Orange Egypt for Telecommunications, the official sponsor of the 2nd El Gouna Film Festival. His most recent film, Diamond Dust, is still running in theatres with wide audience acclaim for 13 weeks. The film has made over EGP 32 million to date.

During an awards ceremony held on November 3, 2018, DOP Ahmad Al Morsy won four awards from the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS), becoming the first Arab to be honored by the ACS since its inception.

The awards that Al Morsy received are the Gold Award in the Features - Cinema category, the Ross Wood Senior ACS Judges Award for Best Entry for his work on the film The Originals (Al Asleyeen), and the Gold Award in the Commercials - National / International category for his work on the Ministry of Electricity TV commercial, in addition to the Bronze Award in the Music Videos category for his work on Angham's music video Ann Farh Ghayeb.

The Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) is a not-for-profit company, limited by guarantee, which was formed in Sydney in 1958 for the purpose of providing a forum for cinematographers to further develop their skills through mutual co-operation. The ACS holds an annual awards ceremony to honor the finest camera work in the categories of Features - Cinema, Commercials, Music Videos and others.

Most recently, Al Morsy shot Faker Zaman music video, featuring Angham and Mohamed El Sharnouby, for Orange Egypt for Telecommunications, the official sponsor of the 2nd El Gouna Film Festival. His most recent film Diamond Dust received wide audience acclaim making over EGP 32 million in Egyptian theaters. Besides, Al Morsy presented a number of advanced cinematography workshops during 2018.

Yesterday, DOP Ahmad Al Morsy took part in a workshop about utilizing RED cameras in cinematography. The workshop was held for the very first time in Egypt by Advanced Media Trading LLC, one of the Arab world's largest suppliers of broadcast, professional video and photography equipment, in cooperation with RED Digital Cinema and MAD Solutions at ROOM Art Space & Cafe in Cairo.

During the workshop, Al Morsy explained the difference between the latest model of the RED camera and other cameras and how he used the RED camera in his films Al Hafla and The Blue Elephant. He also demonstrated how to obtain the maximum benefit out of the camera in cinematography, praising its capability of shooting in low light and nighttime conditions, its ability to shoot slow motion videos at 300 frames per second, its underwater endurance for long periods and how it facilitates video editing before moving on to the post-production phase. Matthew Collins, Technical Support Engineer at RED Digital Cinema, also participated in the workshop.

Currently, DOP Al Morsy is serving as a jury member of the Arab Cinema Horizons Competition held within the 39th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) that is going to close on November 30.

Last month, Al Morsy was selected as a jury member of the Made In Egypt competition at the Shnit Worldwide Short film festival. Moreover, hew on the Cinematography Award as part of the Egyptian Films Poll Awards at the 33rd Alexandria International Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries for his latest film The Originals (Al Aslyeen) by director Marwan Hamed.

For more than 20 years working as a DOP in the film industry, DOP Ahmad Al Morsy presented more than 50 films and won seven awards for four of his films. Heshot more than 1000 TV commercials. ARRI, the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of motion picture cameras, digital intermediate systems and lighting equipment, has picked some of Al Morsy's works in a video of its production entitled Fall, where best shots taken by the ALEXA camera are shown. Al Morsy was featured in the video through some scenes from his film The Originals (Al Aslyeen), Angham's music video and two TV commercials. This is the third year in a row for Al Morsy to be featured in a video of ARRI's best camera users.

RED Digital Cinema is the leading manufacturer of professional digital cinema cameras. In 2006, RED began a revolution with the 4K RED ONE digital cinema camera. By 2008, RED released the DSMC (Digital Stills and Motion Camera) system that allowed the same camera to be used on features like The Hobbit trilogy, The Martian, and Emmy-winning shows like House of Cards and others.

Advanced Media Trading LLC is one of the Arab world's largest suppliers of broadcast, professional video and photography equipment and accessories. Headquartered and founded in Dubai, U.A.E in 2002, Advanced Media conducts business all over the Arab world and is engaged in every aspect of the broadcast, professional video and photography industry including sales, consultancy, installation, training, service and maintenance.

DOP Ahmad Al Morsy has been selected as a jury member of the Arab Cinema Horizons Competition held within the 39th Cairo International Film Festival (November 21-30).

The Arab Cinema Horizons programme is organized by the Egyptian Cinema Syndicate as an independent and parallel programme with the support of the Cairo International Film Festival. The programme aims at the development of Cinematic arts and science.

Most recently, DOP Ahmad Al Morsy was selected as a jury member of the Made In Egypt competition at the Shnit Worldwide Short film festival. Moreover, Al Morsy won the Cinematography Award as part of the Egyptian Films Poll Awards at the 33rd Alexandria International Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries for his latest film The Originals (Al Aslyeen) by director Marwan Hamed.

ARRI, the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of motion picture cameras, digital intermediate systems and lighting equipment, has picked some of DOP Ahmad Al Morsy's works in a video of its production entitled Fall, where best shots taken by the ALEXA camera are shown. Al Morsy was featured in the video through some scenes from his film The Originals (Al Aslyeen), Angham's music video and two TV commercials. This is the third year in a row for Al Morsy to be featured in a video of ARRI's best camera users.

Aside from working as a DOP for more than 20 years in the Egyptian film industry presenting many films and winning six awards, Al Morsy became one of the most famous Arab names for shooting TV commercials in several Arab countries with a collection of more than 1000 ads for clients from Egypt, UAE, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordon, UK, France and Spain.

The board of the Shnit Worldwide Short film festival (October 18-29, 2017) has selected DOP Ahmad Al Morsy as a jury member of the Made In Egypt Competition, along with Egyptian director Sherif El Bendary and Egyptian writer and actor Ahmed Amer. Recently, Al Morsy won the Cinematography Award as part of the Egyptian Films Poll Awards at the 33rd Alexandria International Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries for his latest film The Originals (Al Aslyeen) by director Marwan Hamed.

As ambitious as it is unforgettably bold, Shnit Worldwide Short film festival unfolds simultaneously in multiple cities on five continents, bringing together more than 40,000 filmmakers and film lovers in ways rarely experienced elsewhere on the festival circuit. The International Competition includes 100 short films with four award categories and attracts award-winning short filmmakers from around the globe. As a result, Shnit presents a competition program of exceptional quality and density. In addition, each Playground presents National Jury and Audience Awards, in a Closing Night ceremony in each Playground city. Over its 12 days, Shnit present more than 300 short films of all genres and styles.

ARRI, the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of motion picture cameras, digital intermediate systems and lighting equipment, has picked some of DOP Ahmad Al Morsy's works in a video of its production entitled Fall, where best shots taken by the ALEXA camera are shown. Al Morsy was featured in the video through some scenes from his film The Originals (Al Aslyeen), Angham's music video and Pharco and Vodafone 4G TV commercials. This is the third year in a row for Al Morsy to be featured in a video of ARRI's best camera users.

Aside from working as a DOP for more than 20 years in the Egyptian film industry presenting many films and winning six awards, Al Morsy became one of the most famous Arab names for shooting TV commercials in several Arab countries with a collection of more than 1000 ads for clients from Egypt, UAE, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordon, UK, France and Spain.

DOP Ahmad Al Morsy has won the Best Cinematography Award at the 33rd Alexandria International Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries, which concluded its events on Thursday, October 12th. Al Morsy received his award from the Minister of Culture, Helmy Al- Namnam, in the presence of the Governor of Alexandria, Mohamed Sultan, and the President of the Festival, critic El-Amir Abaza, during the closing ceremony held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

This is the second award for Al Morsy at the Alexandria International Film Festival, as he received his first seven years ago for Artistic Excellence for his film Messages From The Sea (Rasa'el Al Bahr) in 2010. This year's award is the first that Al Morsy receives for his film The Originals (Al Aslyeen) by director Marwan Hamed, which was released in Egyptian cinemas during Eid al-Fitr and received rave reviews from audiences and critics alike. The Originals is the second collaboration between Al Morsy and Marwan Hamed.

ARRI, the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of motion picture cameras, digital intermediate systems and lighting equipment, has picked some of DOP Ahmad Al Morsy's works in a video of its production entitled Fall, where best shots taken by the ALEXA and AMIRA cameras are shown. Al Morsy was featured in the video through some scenes from his film The Originals (Al Aslyeen), Angham's music video and the Pharco and Vodafone 4G TV commercials. This is the third year in a row for Al Morsy to be featured in a video of ARRI's best camera users.

Aside from working as a DOP for more than 20 years in the Egyptian film industry, presenting more than 50 films and winning six awards, Al Morsy became one of the most famous Arab names for shooting TV commercials in several Arab countries with a collection of more than 1000 ads for clients from Egypt, UAE, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordon, UK, France and Spain.

ARRI, the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of motion picture cameras, digital intermediate systems and lighting equipment, has picked some of DOP Ahmad Al Morsy's works in a video of its production entitled Fall, where best shots taken by the ALEXA and AMIRA cameras are shown. Al Morsy was featured in the video through some scenes from his film The Originals (Al Aslyeen), Angham's music video and the Pharco and Vodafone 4G TV commercials.

This is the third year in a row for Al Morsy to be featured in a video of ARRI's best camera users, as two of his TV commercials, Enta El Hal and L'azurde, were featured last year, while the Bank al Etihad TV commercial was featured in 2015.

Along with Al Morsy's work, the video featured some of Hollywood's huge budget films such as Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Blade Runner 2049, Ghost in the Shell, Pirates of the Caribbean and Logan.

Aside from working as a DOP for more than 20 years in the Egyptian film industry, presenting more than 50 films and winning six awards, Al Morsy became one of the most famous Arab names for shooting TV commercials in several Arab countries with a collection of more than 1000 ads for clients from Egypt, UAE, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordon, UK, France and Spain.

Movie Trailer | The Originals
Vodafone 4G Generations
Angham's music video
The Pharco

Last Monday, August 28, 2017, DOP Ahmad Al Morsy conducted a lecture titled "Cinematic Recipes" at Photopia Center.

In the lecture, Al Morsy talked about his early career as a director of photography, how did he develop himself, besides, what is the role of a director of photography and what are the tools he uses in TV and film, different schools of cinematography, types of lighting, how to work in a team and accept different ideas and overcome challenges.

Aside from working as a DOP for more than 20 years in the Egyptian film industry presenting more than 50 films and winning six awards, Al Morsy became one of the most famous Arab names for shooting TV commercials in several Arab countries with a collection of more than 1000 ads for clients from Egypt, UAE, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordon, UK, France and Spain.

DOP Ahmad Al Morsy topped The Looks of ALEXA video, which uses a showreel of the best works that have been shot using ALEXA cameras. The video opens with scenes from Al Morsy's You Are the Solution ad campaign, which was released in Ramadan 2016 for the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy within the national initiative to rationalize the consumption of electricity.

The Looks of ALEXA is by ARRI, the world's largest manufacturer of professional cinematography equipment. The video also included scenes from another ad by DOP Al Morsy for Lazordi Jewelry, which was released in 2015.

The Looks of ALEXA video included scenes for great international DOPs such as Mexican DOP Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant) who received the Academy Awards for the Best Achievement in Cinematography for three consecutive years (Gravity- Birdman- The Revenant), and the English DOP Roger Deakins (Sicario).

In 2015, Al Morsy's outstanding talent in cinematography made ARRI selects his projects for the Union National Bank as the main ad for its presentation at IBC Expo 2015. The ARRI ALEXA showreel featured videos that have been filmed using ALEXA cameras in 2015.

Aside from working as a DOP for more than 20 years with a filmography of more than 50 films, which received six awards, Al Morsy has become one of the key names in commercials' cinematography in the Arab world. He has under his belt more than 1000 ads for an array of clients in the Arab world and beyond, including; Egypt, Morocco, UAE, Jordon, Lebanon, Spain, UK, and France.

Being the youngest DOP in Egypt must have put more responsibility on your shoulders. How did you manage to keep yourself on top?
It was a great challenge for me at the time; being the youngest DOP. However, I succeeded due to my ambition and insistence on success. Day after day, and with every success, award or appreciation, the challenges become harder and I have to continue searching for great projects that reflect my soul and bring forth a lot of challenges. Also, I always have to be up-to-date on film industry techniques. Reading is one of the most important elements that feed the imagination and increase my experience.

When did you discover your passion for cinematography?
I discovered my passion for cinematography during my studies. I chose this career because I was always passionate about this field, especially when I discovered what I can create within the first moments of filming, narrating the story through the image. This is the greatest love story of my entire life.

How far would you go for your job?
So far! In my job, imagination is limitless. I can work anywhere and under any circumstances. The DOP is like a warrior whom you can even throw into battle.

What interests you most and least about your job?
I like the creativity and the variety in ideas, systems and even the people I work with. There’s always something new and I have to always stay up-to-date on the latest techniques and the changeable lifestyle, which is also exhausting.

What can you tell us about yourself?
I am an Egyptian DOP. I graduated from the Higher Cinema Institute in 1998. As a DOP, I filmed many music videos, TV commercials and films for major artists in the Arab world. During my journey, I searched for challenges and unique projects to work on, and I received many awards.

At the 10th Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity, five of DOP Ahmad Al Morsy TV commercials received awards at the most important festival that honors the best work in advertising and TV commercials in the Arab world.

Under the category of Film Craft that is especially dedicated for honoring the artistic value and quality of advertising work, DOP Ahmad Al Morsy's three TV commercials were granted the Gold Award. Those ads are part of an internet campaign for Vodafone, which is directed by Omar Hilal. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_cwcHjWbpo)

Under the category of Film, two ads for EDITA to promote its new products for its iconic Molto croissant won the Dubai Lynx Gold award. Coming as part of a campaign titled 'Everyday Needs a Hug', both of the two ads are directed by Hadi El Bagoury and was joined by Al Morsy in his capacity as the DOP. (https://vimeo.com/151505034)

The Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity is an annual event that aims to bring together talents and innovations in the Arab World and North Africa, and from all over the world, in order to honor the region's best work in advertising. At the festival, the advertising work is subject to an assessment by a distinguished international jury committee.

Aside from working as a DOP on 12 films and winning several awards, Al Morsy became one of the most important cameramen in the Arab world due to his passion in experimenting with new tools in more than 1000 ads. Thus, he has become one of the most famous Arab names in the commercial industry in several Arab countries, such as Egypt, Morocco, UAE, Jordon, and Lebanon, in addition to foreign countries, such as Spain, UK, and France. His talent made ARRI selects one of his projects (Union National Bank) as the IBC Exhibition main ad; it was about videos that have been filmed using ALEXA cameras in 2015.

Al Morsy also filmed many music videos for major artists in the Arab world such as, Tamer Hosni, Samira Said, Mohamed Mounir, Angham and Sami Yusuf.

DOP Ahmad Al Morsy will take part in the 10th edition of the filmmaking workshop offered by One Shot Workshop studio, where a selected group of trainees will benefit from his experience in feature filmmaking workshop that will be started in March. Al Morsy will help each participant create their own cinematography project.

This workshop is part of the 10th edition of a series of artistic workshops that was first started in 2010 by One Shot Workshop. This edition will be launched in collaboration with Spirit Media Production and Al Morsy. Alongside Al Morsy, this edition will host a number of filmmakers, such as director Osama Fawzi (feature filmmaking workshop); director Ayman ElGazwy and Italian director Christina Bokelini (Documentary filmmaking workshop); actress Salwa Mohamed Aly (Acting workshop) and screenwriter Samy Hossam (screenwriting workshop).

For more information on the workshop: facebook.com/oneshotworkshopsegypt