ALADDIN ENZAWI
Beirut
Summary
Film Director and Cinematographer with 13+ years of experience directing and shooting commercials, narrative short films, documentaries, and branded content across the MENA region. Award-winning work includes Cannes Lions Gold and Silver (2025) and Dubai Lynx Grand Prix (2025 and 2019). Proven track record leading large international crews and agile units for global brands including Toyota, Lexus, HP, STC, Spotify Arabia, and McDonald's. Specialized in visual treatment development, pre-visualization, lighting design, anamorphic cinematography, and post-production supervision.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Film Director and Director of Photography
SRMG Labs
01.2023 - 01.2025
- Led visual treatments, pre-visualization, scripting, and on-set direction across SRMG's flagship media properties, including Billboard Arabia and Asharq Al-Awsat.
- Directed "The Second Release" with ETAB, a Saudi National Day campaign that won Cannes Lions Gold and Silver (2025) and the Dubai Lynx PR Grand Prix (2025).
- Oversaw end-to-end production pipelines: concept development, 3D pre-visualization, shotlisting, lighting design, and post-production supervision.
- Managed multi-disciplinary international crews across commercial, editorial, and branded content productions.
- Saudi Research and Media Group. Website: www.srmg.com
Film Director and Director of Photography
Into Reflection
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Delivered visual treatments, shotlists, and 3D pre-visualization for agency and direct-client projects.
- Led crews across pre-production, principal photography, and post-production.
- Translated agency briefs into cinematic deliverables, supervising grading and final finishing.
Film Director and Director of Photography
AFLAM Productions
01.2015 - 01.2022
- Directed and shot television commercials, narrative short films, documentaries, and social content for regional and international clients.
- Translated director and agency briefs into polished deliverables; supervised crews on set and shaped visual edits in post-production.
- Built long-standing relationships with leading agencies: JWT, Leo Burnett, Wunderman Thompson, MMG, and Genesis.
Education
ASC Master Class - directing, cinematography, editing, documentary, and visual arts
American Society of Cinematographers
Hollywood, California01.2024
Bachelor of Arts - Cinema and Television
Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)
Lebanon01.2012
Skills
Film Direction
- Visionary storytelling
- Artistic sensibility
- Editing techniques
- Innovative thinking
- Visual aesthetics
- Genre expertise
- Marketing and promotion
- Film history
- Visual storytelling
- Directing experience
- Project management
- Shot capturing
- Storyboarding
- Lighting techniques
- Collaborative teamwork
- Production management
- Film and video production
- Writing
- Scriptwriting
- Camera operation
- Field production
- Production processes
- Camera and video staff direction
- Digital video production process
Cinematography
Director of Photography (DP)
Commercial Directing
Narrative Filmmaking
Documentary Production
Branded Content
Music Video Direction
Visual Treatment Development
Pre-Visualization
3D Previs
Shotlisting
Storyboarding
Lighting Design
Anamorphic Cinematography
Color Grading Supervision
Post-Production Supervision
Crew Leadership
On-Set Direction
MENA Market Expertise
Direction
Scriptwriting
Lighting design for interior
Lighting design for exterior
Lighting design for large-scale builds
Anamorphic formats
Specialty optics
3D pre-visualization
Mood-building
Editorial supervision
Finishing
Languages
English
French
Arabic
Selected Clients
- STC
- Toyota
- Lexus
- HP
- McDonald's
- McCafé
- Spotify Arabia
- Cipriani
- Starbucks
- AFIA
- MBC Group
- Billboard Arabia
- Asharq Al-Awsat
- Zain
- Mobily
- SAPTCO
- Al Hilal
- Formula E
- Monsha'at
- QIWA
- Ministry of Culture (KSA)
- Ministry of Health (KSA)
- General Entertainment Authority
- Saudi German Hospital
- SRMG Labs
- 8IES
- Oussayma Ghrawi Gourmet
Technical Skills And Craft
Narrative, commercial, and documentary directing, scriptwriting, visual treatment development, Lighting design for interior, exterior, and large-scale builds, anamorphic formats, specialty optics including lenses, Pro-Mist diffusion, and diopters, Shotlisting, 3D pre-visualization, storyboarding, mood-building, Editorial supervision, color grading, finishing, Arabic (native), English (fluent), French (fluent) – capable of leading multilingual crews across the MENA region
Personal Information
Title: Film Director & Cinematographer
Awards
- Cannes Lions Gold and Silver, 05/2025, Audio and Radio, "The Second Release," Billboard Arabia x ETAB; landmark Saudi National Day empowerment film produced at SRMG Labs.
- Dubai Lynx PR Grand Prix, 05/2025, "The Second Release," Billboard Arabia x ETAB, SRMG Labs. Additional wins: Best Empowerment Campaign, Best National Holiday Campaign.
- Dubai Lynx Glass Grand Prix, 03/2019, "Akhou Nora" for STC (Agency: JWT). Also awarded Dubai Lynx PR Gold (03/2019) and MENA MARCOM Strategy Gold (03/2019).
- Saudi Film Festival, Director of Photography on Swan Song (directed by Hanaa Al Omair); film won the Golden Palm for Best Actor in the Narrative Films Competition.
Selected Work
The Second Release, Billboard Arabia x ETAB, Cannes Lions Gold/Silver 05/2025; Dubai Lynx PR Grand Prix 05/2025, youtu.be/xoMNUOtK-Ps, Akhou Nora, STC Women Driving Campaign, Dubai Lynx Glass Grand Prix 03/2019, vimeo.com/278302804, Toyota Hybrid, In the Heart of the Kingdom., vimeo.com/209726246, Lexus x Rob Ashman, Branded Film., instagram.com/reel/DJBurYastd-, HP Spectre X360, vimeo.com/231187922, Ministry of Health (KSA), Breast Cancer Awareness., vimeo.com/239590592, Dur Darraq, vimeo.com/273483654, AFIA Ramadan Karim, vimeo.com/270804012, Jalsat Billboard Arabia – Ahmed Saad, youtu.be/13PxUv0ZiL4, Jalsat Billboard Arabia – Siilawy, youtube.com/watch?v=8AT3RNT5tio, Spotify RADAR Arabia – Sultan Al Murshed, youtube.com/watch?v=szgExyp_1W4, Ya Ein – Majed El Issa (Amal), youtube.com/watch?v=MvzQ1tUZFMg, Ahlam – Abarhal, youtube.com/watch?v=Bl9c193grnc, Swan Song, Directed by Hanaa Al Omair; Director of Photography credit., youtube.com/watch?v=XSNR_JmEWfs, Cinematography Reel, vimeo.com/297898872
Timeline
Film Director and Director of Photography
SRMG Labs
01.2023 - 01.2025
Film Director and Director of Photography
Into Reflection
01.2022 - 01.2023
Film Director and Director of Photography
AFLAM Productions
01.2015 - 01.2022
ASC Master Class - directing, cinematography, editing, documentary, and visual arts
American Society of Cinematographers
Bachelor of Arts - Cinema and Television
Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)