Discover Top Freelancers in Sidon, Lebanon

Diego Ibarra Sánchez, Co-founder of MeMo, is an awarded documentary photographer and filmmaker based in Lebanon. Diego assumes a very critical stance regarding the use of images in our own society, defining this historical moment as «lobotomized era of “tourism” on the other’s pain»: in his work he endeavors to ensure that photography is no longer merely a window allowing a view on what happens in the world, but becomes a means to raise questions and generate reflections. Diego Ibarra Sánchez’ gaze goes beyond the frontline, documenting and showing us all that is left behind after the bombings, the killings and the battles: a humanity that has nothing left beyond its life. He strongly believes in documentary photography as a catalyst, shaking consciences and showing the resilience and courage found in forgotten stories, always demonstrating a deep respect toward the story’s protagonist. Diego is very self-motivated, working on his own body of works while publishing many of his stories in numerous newspapers and magazines, such as The New York Times, Der Spiegel, Al Jazeera and Diari ARA among others. In 2006 several grants made it possible for Diego to spend a year in South America to improve his storytelling process. Upon returning to Spain he worked for two years for the Catalan newspaper Avui, while still continuing his own photography projects. In 2009 Diego decided to move to Pakistan where he developed a strong visual body of work focused on Pakistan. At the same time he continued travelling to several other countries including Afghanistan, Bahrain, Libya, Nigeria, and Tanzania. He left Pakistan in 2014 and he is currently based in Lebanon while he keeps traveling and working on his projects around Middle East. He has been award with the Humanitarian award of AECID “Juan Bartolomé”, FINI´s Mexican University Photo Award, Aragón Journalism Association Award, 2 honorable mentions at National Press Photographers Association ( NPPA) and the Spanish Human Right Award with MeMo coop… His work has been exhibited in all around the world and his works has been highlighted during the screening nights of Visa pour L´image several times… among others mentions.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Production Company
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

Rodrigue Zahr is a Lebanon based director, editor and photographer whose imaginative humanistic style is reflected in the documentation of exceptional events, products and people within his work. Zahr is the production manager and photography director at ELLE Oriental magazine but has worked for national and international firms such as Monocle magazine, LS:N Global, Louis Vuitton, Ladurée Paris, Swedish minister for international development cooperation, Bank Audi, Step Together and many more. Zahr is known for his discerning journalistic sensibility as well as the high speed with which he delivers projects. Lived in Venezuela for nearly 15 years, Zahr grew up within a highly creative household alongside brothers in the fashion and textile industries. With fluency in 5 languages Rodrigue is inspired by the exceptional and endeavours to tell the stories of those who are both masters and leaders of their art, craft or profession within his own distinct and aesthetically rich visua

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Born in 1989, Syria - Damascus Countryside. Graduate of the faculty of Fine Art University Damascus 2013 Competent videographer, sound recordist with directing and producing experience in Syria and Lebanon for fiction and factual films. Experience working with both local and international NGO's, teaching visual communication and art therapy to refugee children in Lebanon. Founder of 88km, an open workspace for artists in Beirut - furniture design and conceptual art. Participated in many non for profit organizations such as Humans of Syria, with graphic design work and short films featuring on websites and in exhibition spaces globally. Works: - "Front line " Short doc film 2013. - "Passing" a Video art project 2013. - "Extremism'' a Video art project 2012. - Art designer in many studios: "Cronus" films production 2012 - "ANU" 2010. Front line Film: https://vimeo.com/103603420 Passing Film: https://vimeo.com/103500146

• Documentary DP
• Field Producer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Production Assistant

I am a passionate and experienced creative professional with over 15 years in the industry. I have had the privilege of working with global brands such as adidas, specializing in illustrations, photography, animation, character design, and drawing. I hold a degree from the American University of Culture and Education in Beirut. I am also the owner of Mojodots (www.mojodots.com), where I showcase my work and collaborate with artists worldwide. My career highlights include creating designs for adidas, producing animated segments broadcasted on international TV stations like Al Jazeera and MBC, and leading creative projects that resonate with diverse audiences. As I explore new personal projects, I bring a wealth of experience, creativity, and a fresh perspective to every endeavor. I am eager to contribute my skills and creativity to your team and am excited about the potential to grow and innovate together.

• Art Director
• Illustrator
• Animator / Visual Effects Artist
• Graphic Designer
• Motion Graphics Designer

born in beirut in 1977, Khalil lived in the post-war city, spending his weekends watching movies in the old cinemas and on VHS at home, he studied filmmaking and graduated with a Masters degree, then pursued his scriptwriting/directing classes in California. his short film "The WIndow" 2006, won the best film award at the 13th european film festival as well as awards in dubai, osaka, canada and Beirut. His feature docu-fiction "Malaki-Scent of an angel" 2011, was released in cinemas and earned more than 40 awards and nominations across the globe. In 2017 he produced and directed his first fiction feature "NOUR" that was released in cinemas in France in 2019, the film was a huge success and it won more than 55 awards and nominations worldwide. His latest short documentary "The Birds have left Beirut" 2022, touches the life of one of the victims of the Beirut explosion. it was Premiered at the 44th Cairo International Film Festival in November 2022, and it's set to tour many festivals worldwide. Khalil has taught filmmaking in many universities from 2007 until 2019. He is currently preparing his second fiction feature.

• Creative Director
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Executive Producer
• Field Producer
• Production Company
• Senior Producer / Project Manager

Raed Rafei is a Lebanese multimedia journalist and filmmaker with over ten years of experience in the media world. Since 2004, he has worked as a reporter covering political, social and economic issues related to Lebanon and the Middle East for local and international publications including the Los Angeles Times, Zeit Online, Al-Ahram Weekly and the Daily Star. Rafei holds a Masters in Journalism from the City University of New York. He completed his degree in 2013 as a Fulbright scholar. Rafei currently works as a freelance videographer, field producer and researcher for TV reports and documentaries for news websites and channels such as CNN, ZDF and the Global Post. In 2012, he co-wrote and co-directed his first feature film, “74 (The Reconstitution of a Struggle)”. The award-winning documentary was screened in many international film festivals such as Visions du Reel, Switzerland, DocLisboa, Portugal, RIDM-International Documentary Film Festival of Montreal and Filmfest Hamburg.

• Fixer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Francesca Volpi, born in 1985 Brescia - Italy, is an independent photographer who through personal stories documents the humanitarian consequences of conflicts, exploring how the contexts of war, socio-economic disparities and climate change affect people's lives. She began her career as a journalist. After graduating from London College of Communication, she worked for the BBC International Service Europe Today Radio Program, then she started her career with her first photographic reportage experience in the South-Kivu region in the Republic Democratic of the Congo. She approached the world of photojournalism in 2013 when she documented the deposition of late President Morsi in Egypt. In 2014, she embarked on a freelance journey starting from the Maidan Revolution in Kiev, the annexation of Crimea to the war in eastern Ukraine where she had worked for two years. Francesca prefers long-term jobs that allow her to linger and deepen her knowledge about the places and themes of her work. In 2016, she moved to Mexico and Central America where she began an in-depth documentation of Honduras. She was, indeed, looking for a different photographic narrative, dealing with 'micro' stories that helped her having a perspective on macro-issues including the violence of the world of the Maras , environmental conflicts, civil rights of the LGBTI community and health system problems. Together with her personal projects supported by various grants and fellowships of the International Women's Media Foundation, Francesca continuously collaborates with the Wall Street Journal for which she has extensively covered the pandemic of Covid-19 in Northern Italy, then Bloomberg News, The Washington Post, The New York Times, L'Espresso, Le Journal du Dimanche, The Guardian and various important international organizations. Francesca is a member of the Women Photograph Organization, which is concerned with changing the gender make-up of the photojournalism community. In fact, it aims at greater inclusion of women to ensure that the industry's leading storytellers are as diverse as the communities they hope to represent. Trained in battlefield first aid after a course with Reporters Instructed in Saving Colleagues (RISC) and attending there times an HEFAT Course with Global Journalist Security (GJS). I speak Italian, English, Spanish, and French (at a basic level). Available for assignments worldwide.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist

Jenny is a Sweden-born journalist and writer based in Beirut since 2009. She is also the co-founder and editor of Mashallah News, a collaborative platform publishing stories on culture and society in cities across the Middle East. Her independent writing explores social conditions and human life in different places; she has reported from countries like Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Bangladesh, Egypt and Tunisia, and published her work with outlets including Al Jazeera, IRIN News, The National in Dubai, The Caravan in India, and many Scandinavian newspapers and magazines. Stories she worked on recently include: cannabis-growing communities in rural Lebanon; Libyan artists making post-war art from battlefield leftovers; the pan-Arab café culture of Beirut in the 1960s; old-school charity restaurants in Old Delhi; civil society success stories in Bangladesh; and violence in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the world's most dangerous city.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Sound Mixer

Hussein Gharib is a multi-talented young Lebanese film-maker. Gharib is a seasoned producer and director with more than 12 years of regional experience (Middle East and North Africa - MENA). His creative ability has attracted iconic and senior directors to work with him on award winning movies. While he started his career as a creator of short films and documentaries, Gharib chose to further anchor his experience with degrees and workshops from leading institutions in Lebanon, Egypt and France. In his capacity as a creative consultant, he also worked with various international nongovernmental organizations. In his record, two movies that have contributed to reshaping the cinematographic industry in Lebanon and the MENA region. Gharib is perfectly tri-lingual with a noticeable sensitivity to literature, civilizations, arts and culture.

• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Fixer
• Field Producer
• Production Assistant

Cherine is a Lebanese filmmaker who has always been interested in storytelling and capturing real moments, real stories. After working as an Assistant Director for 5 years she decided to get behind the camera and started working as a videographer whereby she shoots and edits short films and videos. Her work expands between TV commercials, branded content, music videos, documentary and fashion films. She is now based in Beirut but travels often for jobs. She has shot in Tokyo, Iceland, New York, Santorini, Barcelona, Istanbul, Austria, London. for clients such as Samsung, Unicef, OOREDOO, Nana, Wella, MOT, STC and agencies such as IMPACT BBDO, JWT, Memac Ogilvy, Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett ... What she loves best about her job is following real people to help tell their stories and document their life in the lyrical way she is most known for.

• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

I am the famous Houssam Hariri. Did my film studies at the Lebanese American University in Beirut. I've been freelancing since 2006 as a Cameraman/Editor for various films and corporate videos and still looking forward to shooting as many projects as possible worldwide. producing videos for the UNHCR the UN refugee agency. I have access to all cameras that could be needed in a small or a big production project. I have worked in peace and in war and brought up the best out of my shoots. One of the main talents that I can add to your projects is Time-lapses. Check some of them in my Showreel. my videos were featured on global platforms like AJ+, NowThis, CNN... My website that has my favorite photos posted: www.houssamhariri.com My 2018 showreel: https://vimeo.com/295186411 My 2015 showreel: https://vimeo.com/118241365

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Drone Operator
• Motion Graphics Designer

I started my career with Saatchi & Saatchi in advertising as Associate Creative Director for Procter & Gamble, quickly becoming the Regional Creative Director for the MENA region on P&G. In 2005 I was asked to join Firehorse as Regional Executive Producer creating, producing and supervising a range of television shows ranging from light entertainment to political talk-shows and documentaries in every subject. Branded Content for traditional and digital programming is the future and with my knowledge of the advertising world and the television industry the meeting of these two aspects -Brands and Content - is a marriage made in heaven. With over ten years of successful television production and formatting under my belt, I have in my portfolio over 500 hrs of produced content varying from factual and entertainment television programming, corporate films, documentaries and animations

• Creative Director
• Field Producer
• Production Company
• Reporter / Journalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Documentary DP
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant

Pesha Magid is a freelance journalist currently working out of Baghdad. She previously spent two years freelancing from Istanbul. Before that she worked at Mada Masr, an independent Cairo-based newsite, for over two years. She’s written about refugees, gender and politics among other subjects. Pesha has also reported from Tunisia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Zanzibar. Her work has been published in the Guardian, Foreign Policy, The New York Review of Books, the Daily Beast, and PRI among other publications. She loves to experiment with reporting and likes to combine illustration, video and audio with her writing. Pesha speaks and reads Arabic and basic French and Spanish and is proficient with Final Cut, Photoshop and Hindenburg. When not reporting, Pesha can be found spending way too much money at bookstores because she refuses to buy a kindle. She is available for assignment.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Audio Storyteller
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Growing up in the Beirut, Lebanon the first 12 years of my life gave me a passion for the Middle East. After returning to the United States, I desperately wanted others to see beyond the mainstream media in order to get a glimpse of the humanity in the Middle East. As the conflicts in the Middle East seem like never-ending cycles of violence, many people resort to apathy, fear, or harmful resistance. But I believe we can all respond differently, and play a part in the peacemaking process. The region seems hopeless, but a closer look reveals otherwise. Storytelling through film seemed like the perfect way to show others a different story. I believe in the power of story, the power of relationships, and the power of hope. And so began my journey as a director…

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Fixer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

To whom it may concern, allow me to introduce myself, i am an experienced director and cinematographer living in Lebanon Beirut, i am 33 years old. I got my Master degree in directing from "ALBA" in lebanon, then continued further my studies in lighting and photography in Paris in the prestigious "louis lumiere university" i have more then 12 years of experience in the field directing documentaries, TVC's, TV programs and most recently music videos. i have worked around the world and mostly in the Gulf region and Europe. I speak right and read : arabic french english and i am learning Spanish. i hold an argentine passport as well. Looking forward to working with you. Thank you in advance Best GIlbert Bou Zeid

• Creative Director
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

Lebanese freelance filmmaker. Recently graduated from Saint-Joseph University(Beirut) in 2018 with a bachelor in Audio-visual studies . I also studied filmmaking for one year at FAMU(Prague) in 2017, where I shot my first short film “ White page”. In 2017, my short film “Sacred" was selected for the Dance Film Festival in Prague under the supervision of BAFTA winner, Mr. David Hinton. In 2017 a team member in the Beirut Women international film festival in its first edition. In 2015, was selected to be among the young jurors at the AJYAL youth film festival in Qatar. My last short film ''White Page'' is a documentary about a self-discovery journey that started when I decided to follow a street-musician across several European cities...

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Event Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Audio Storyteller
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

My work experience in media started after I acquired a copy writing position at a Television production house while I was still undergoing my college studies. By the time I graduated college I was already working as an assistant producer at Quds television network in Beirut. Having won a scholarship, I moved to Turkey to pursue my masters degree in Television studies at Erciyes University. While in Turkey, I worked in both creative and assistant director freelance jobs on several short films, advertisement projects and documentaries. I am also involved in script writing and directing, I spent a year developing a comedy web series in Istanbul as a side project (Find Promo here). I have blogging, social media and some SEO experience.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Reporter / Journalist
• Field Producer
• Production Assistant
• TV News Producer
• Fixer
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Corporate Videographer

Tareck Raffoul, born in Harf Miziara, North Lebanon in June 1989, is a Lebanese director, photographer and a cinematographer. During his early college years, Tareck started out as a Bio-Chemistry student in Lebanese University in Beirut Lebanon until he decided to pursue his real passion towards arts. He got his bachelor degree in audio visual filmmaking from the American University of Technology in Lebanon (AUT). He then got a scholarship from Docnomads UNDER ERASMUS MUNDUS Program to continue his masters’ degree in documentary film making across Europe. He did his masters in three different universities: Portugal Universidade Lusófona de Lisboa Hungary Színház- és Filmművészeti Egyetem Belgium Sint-Lukas Brussel.

• Documentary DP
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - Documentary

I am a Creative Writer, Journalist, Presenter, Content Creator, and Producer Assistant at Al Mayadeen Media Network. I write scripts, produce videos, and collaborate with teams. As a journalist, I covered significant events like the Tunisian political crisis in 2021. My experience on screen also includes co-hosting the TV show 'انتم أونلاين,' which covers social media stories in a modern and interactive format. Additionally, I have experience as a presenter, writer, and producer for an online show 'كان يا مكان.' Before that, I had over five years of editing experience while working in the Al Mayadeen online newsroom.

• Digital Content Creator
• Reporter / Journalist
• Content Strategist

Ahmad Mousa is an Iraqi visual journalist. He started his career as a freelance photo journalist, and worked with various media outlets for about six years before taking a job with AFP as Iraq video coordinator/video journalist for another four years. Ahmad had covered the wars in Iraq against ISIS in their entirety, such of the battle for Fallujah and the battle to retake Mosul. He is the founder of Everyday Iraq, a collaborative mobile photography project on Instagram (@everydayiraq); and is also a contributor at Everyday MiddleEast (@everydaymiddleeast). Ahmad currently works with the Associated Press as regional producer based in Lebanon.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• Audio Storyteller
• Field Producer
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Portrait Photographer
• Transcriber