Abdulkadir Ahmed Said
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عبد القادر أحمد سعيد
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| birth_date = 1953
| birth_place = Mogadishu, Somalia
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| occupation = film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer & editor
| years_active = 1970s–present
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Abdulkadir Ahmed Said ({{langx|so|Cabdulkaadir Axmed Saciid}}, {{langx|ar|عبد القادر أحمد سعيد}}) is a Somali film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor.
Biography
Said was born in 1953 in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.Association, p.407 In 1970, he began working for the Somali Film Agency as a photographer assigned to international relations and as a consultant for productions with other countries. Between 1984 and 1986, he served as Director of Programming on Somali television, and wrote and directed several training programs.
Said worked as assistant director on numerous film productions including The Somali Dervish (1983); The Parching Winds of Somalia (1984); Riviera Somalia (1984), a program for the Italian public service broadcaster Radio Televisione Italiana (RAI); and A Man of Race (1987), produced by the LuceSaimon Film Institute.Xodo, p.31
Among his better known films include the shorts Geedka nolosha (The Tree of Life), which won the Prize of the City of Torino in the Best Film - International Short Film Competition category at the Torino International Festival of Young Cinema in 1988, and La Conchiglia from 1992.
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References
- {{cite book
| last = Association des trois mondes
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| title = Cinémas d'Afrique
| publisher = KARTHALA Editions
| year = 2000
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| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=61Ol3PLhYhsC
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| isbn = 2-84586-060-9}}
- {{cite book
| last = Bakari
| first = Imruh
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|author2=Mbye B. Cham|author3=British Film Institute
| title = African experiences of cinema
| publisher = BFI Publishing
| year = 1996
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| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HGZZAAAAMAAJ
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| isbn = 0-85170-510-3}}
- {{cite web
|last=Xodo
|first=Chiara
|title=Catalogo Audiovisivi (con schede didattiche)
|publisher=Centro Interculturale Millevoci, Provincia Autonoma di Trento Dipartimento Istruzione
|date=August 2008
|url=http://www.vivoscuola.it/Intercultu/Archivio/News/COMPLETO-CATALOGO-AUDIOVISIVI.pdf
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091222075838/http://www.vivoscuola.it/Intercultu/Archivio/News/COMPLETO-CATALOGO-AUDIOVISIVI.pdf
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=2009-12-22
|accessdate=2009-09-25
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=1294651|name=Abdulkadir Ahmed Said}}
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Category:People from Mogadishu
Category:Somalian film directors
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