User:Mantis50/Tamer Shaaban

Tamer Ahmed Shaaban (Born November 2nd, 1988) is an Egyptian American film director, writer, and actor and received a BS of Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology May, 2011. On January 25th, 2011 he created films showing the Egyptian people’s frustrations to the Egyptian regime when the revolution was sparked.{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/29/egypt-protest-video-montage_n_815822.html |title=Harrowing Video Montage Of Egypt Protests From The Streets Of Cairo (VIDEO) |publisher=Huffington Post |date=January 2011 |accessdate=2011-01-29}} His first film received over 2 million and was blocked in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E., and the Jordan.{{cite web|url=http://www.nique.net/focus/2011/02/11/tech-student-initiates-global-response-to-protests/ |title=Tech student initiates global response to protests |publisher=Technique |date=February 2011 |accessdate=2011-02-11}} The film was featured in the huffington post{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/29/egypt-protest-video-montage_n_815822.html |title=Harrowing Video Montage Of Egypt Protests From The Streets Of Cairo (VIDEO) |publisher=Huffington Post |date=January 2011 |accessdate=2011-01-29}}, was viral on reddit{{cite web |url=http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/f9bw9/to_all_egyptians_on_reddit/ |title=To all EGYPTIANS on reddit |publisher=reddit |date=February 2011 |accessdate=2011-02-2}}, and was shared on facebook more than 150K times. He spoke on CBC about his film, its role, and the up rise against former President Hosni Mubarak.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/TV_Shows/Connect_with_Mark_Kelley/1305591601/ID=1776708968 |title=Behind Egypt's viral video |publisher=CBC |date=January 2011 |accessdate=2011-01-28}} His second video, shows students from different nationalities showing their support for Egypt. The video was featured on Al-Jazeera, was analyzed on Egypt’s national television, as well as many different blogs.

He worked with Sami Yusuf on his unofficial music video and also helped create the official video for Yusuf’s single “I’m your hope” in February 2011. {{cite web|url=http://www.samiyusufofficial.com/SYpost/no15/ |title=Sy Post |publisher=Sami Yusuf Official |date=February 2011 |accessdate=2011-02-28}}

'''Films'''

His movies have won awards at the Campus Movie Fest.

“Streetcorners” won Best Drama at Georgia Tech and continued to the South Regional Grand Finale in 2009. “Granted” received the Wild Card Pick at Georgia Tech and went to both the South Regional Grand Finale and the International Grand Finale in 2010. “The Whispers of Shaitan” won Best Picture at Georgia Tech {{cite web|url=http://www.campusmoviefest.com/festivals/231-georgia-tech |title=Congratulations to the 2011 Georgia Tech Winners! |publisher=Campus Movie Fest |date=March 2011 |accessdate=2011-03-30}}, was selected to screen at the Atlanta Film festival {{cite web|url=http://atlanta.slated.com/2011/films/campusmoviefest_atlanta2011_atlanta2011 |title=Campus MovieFest |publisher=Atlanta Film Festival |date=April 2011 |accessdate=2011-05-02}}, and was selected to screen at the Cannes Film Festival{{cite web|url=http://www.shortfilmcorner.com/sfcfilm/filmfiche2.Aspx?id=53641759 |title=The Whispers of Shaitan |publisher=Festival De Cannes |date=May 2011 |accessdate=2011-05-05}}. The film was also shared Sami Yusuf’s blog to help spread the message of the film.{{cite web|url=http://www.samiyusufofficial.com/main/archives/6336 |title=Confronting a Taboo |publisher=Sami Yusuf Official |date=April 2011 |accessdate=2011-04-09}} His goal is to create films that can show people life with more color, and he says that his life goal is to bridge the gap between the East and West believing that his videos help catalyze the process.{{cite web|url=http://www.nique.net/focus/2011/02/11/tech-student-initiates-global-response-to-protests/ |title=Tech student initiates global response to protests |publisher=Technique |date=February 2011 |accessdate=2011-02-11}}

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[http://www.shortfilmcorner.com/sfcfilm/filmfiche2.Aspx?id=53641759 festival-cannes.com/]
[http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/TV_Shows/Connect_with_Mark_Kelley/1305591601/ID=1776708968cbc.ca]
[http://www.campusmoviefest.com/users/18620-tamer-shaaban campusmoviefest.com]
[http://www.nique.net/focus/2011/02/11/tech-student-initiates-global-response-to-protests/ nique.net]
[http://www.samiyusufofficial.com/main/archives/6336 samiyusufofficial.com]
[http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/f9bw9/to_all_egyptians_on_reddit/ reddit.com]
[http://www.casttv.com/video/y42pzei/the-most-amazing-video-on-the-internet-egypt-jan25-video casttv.com]
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[http://liveword.ca/egypt/2011/02/12/7727/ liveword.ca]