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Artist // Professional // Film & Animation
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Welcome to the official online Deviant art page for Hassan Said. Here will be showcasing photography, illustration and mixed media work.

Hassan Said is an award winning Egyptian born filmmaker, a taleteller of stories of self-awareness and vivid realities. His poetic use of striking characters and imagery explores the psychological impact of both life’s shocking and heartwarming moments. For Said, films are about, “glimpses of a person’s life, a situation, or experience; that’s what makes films more powerful than having a beginning, middle, an end.”
He moved from Alexandria, Egypt to New York at the age of 15, where he later studied Communication and Media Arts at Dutchess Community College. His careful concentration on the human psyche is evident in his very first short Film, Unforgettable Romance, a portrayal of the collapse and aftermath of a failed relationship. In 2005 the film was nominated for best short at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival and premiered at the Laemmle Sunset Theater in Hollywood. That same year, Said moved to San Francisco to study directing at the Academy of Art University.
Hassan’s experience ranges from small budget independent projects to big budget commercial productions including Gus Van Sant’s Academy award winning film, Milk and NBC’S TV series Trauma. Among his recent films is Infamy, a disorienting impressionistic account of the events of September 11th as depicted through 5,700 frames of hand-manipulated film. Infamy was an official selection at the prestigious 63rd Annual Edinburgh International Film Festival and won best experimental film at the Epidemic Film Festival.
Said’s subsequent project, It’s a Strange World, is the surreal story of a beautiful woman’s hallucination through a bizarre transcendent world. Shot over three years and cast with non-actors, this film is truly a labor of love. Said pushes narrative boundaries through visions of Eve’s lush, incoherent flight through memory, time and consciousness. It’s a Strange World has screened at the de Young Museum in San Francisco in 2009 as well as other exhibition venues with live orchestration.
Mute, his latest short drama, chronicles the story of a father coming home one night to find his autistic daughter physically abused. The film won the award of merit for best short film and direction at the Accolade Film Awards, as well as the German Independence Award for best foreign language short at the Oldenburg International Film Festival.
Hassan has recently finished producing the Angolan film, Alambamento, directed by Mario Bastos and supported by the Angolan Ministry of Culture. Alambamento tells the story of Mathias, a young man attempting to deliver a dowry to marry the woman he loves. Making this film left Said inarguably affected by the positive impact of creating a new voice for cinema within a community.
In his films, Said concentrates on the characters that slip in and out of people’s lives unnoticed and uncared for, and highlight their fears as well as their significance. Said tackles many controversial subjects. He incorporates various techniques to expose realistic and sometimes disturbing situations. His frequent use of dark sets, hand-held camera method, and non-linear storytelling create settings where the truths discovered can be harsh and/or healing.
Hassan Said is currently developing various projects in the United States and abroad; he hopes to continue sharing tales of social issues and universal verity around the world.

be sure to stay connected across the web:

Youtube - www.youtube.com/theworkofhassa…
Vimeo - www.vimeo.com/channels/hassans…
Twitter - www.twitter.com/HASSAN_SAID
Blog - hassansaid.tumblr.com
linkedin - www.linkedin.com/in/hassansaid
IMDB - www.imdb.com/name/nm1737524/
Deviant Art - anaelmasri.deviantart.com/

Current Residence: Los Angeles, California
Favourite genre of music: instrumental, classic rock
Operating System: win xp
MP3 player of choice: Iphone 16 gb
Favourite cartoon character: Carl
Personal Quote: It's a strange world...

Favourite Visual Artist
Stanley Kubrick, Caravaggio, Youssef Chahine, salvador dali
Favourite Movies
do not have just one
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
The Doors, Beethoven, Radiohead, Omar Khairat, pink floyd
Favourite Writers
edgar allen poe, naguib mahfouz
Favourite Games
Grand Theft Auto IV
Favourite Gaming Platform
PS3
Other Interests
film, photography, graphic design, music, writing, bizzare behavior,
Hello fellow deviants, i am not always around to post on my deviant art, however i have been recently posting alot on my blog http://hassansaid.tumblr.com there will be some photography posts coming soon. also you can follow me via: Official Website - http://www.HassanSaid.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/theworkofhassansaid Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/theworkofhassansaid Vimeo - http://www.vimeo.com/channels/hassansaid Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/HASSAN_SAID linkedin - http://www.linkedin.com/in/hassansaid IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1737524 keep making art :)
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SURREALISM

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the underrated art of the forgotten surrealists. surrealism is not a school of poetry surrealism is the only realism surrealism is one of the main surrealism is electric surrealism is the period between the world wars surrealism is a way of life and a way of thinking characterised by the active pursuit of truth surrealism is not a school of poetry but a movement of liberation surrealism is and does? then you'll find this website essential surrealism is not only the most beautiful idea that has ever existed surrealism is an aesthetic surrealism is a period in art history when artists create dreamlike paintings filled with mysterious
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DONATIONS...

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i am not just a filmmaker, but an aspiring photographer, i would like for one day to increase my capabilities and experince by owning a good camera, but for that to happen i need money, and as alot of you who know me, i can't afford to eat more than once a day, so i thought it would be a fun idea to see what can come out of this, a donation stamp. So if you have anything to spare, i am currently saving money for a surgery and 2 films i am hoping to make, so , zero on cash flow. payment is through PAYPAL, to this email: hannicanibal@hotmail.com anything would be appreciated.
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thanks for checking my work will do better with the camera more to come from the balance yin & yang
Hey Hassan! just realized it's you man! nice to see you around here! cheers!!
Thanks man, i saw your works u r an amazing photographer I'm really proud of u & of all egyptian talent artists ;)
Mr. Hassan, I'm honored that you watched me, thanks a million!
thank you for the :+fav: :handshake:
thanks for your fave