Mohamed Gamal Eldin Hamoda

Director of Photography ( DOP )

Doha, Qatar
Nationality: Egyptian
Date of Birth: 9 June 1978
lighting Designer, crane operator, techno dolly operator
Current occupation: DOP at Aljazeera Media Network

Work Experience

Aljazeera Media Network

Director Of Photography

Team leader for the production team
Outdoor improvement project
DOP for all promos and campaigns for the Network
Designing all crane movements in the studios
DOP for all programs and outdoor studios for the Network
Lighting designer for Aljazeera anniversary event 2015-2016
Excellent appraisal for the past 3 years.
June 2013 - Present Qatar

7S Production House

Director of Photography, Team leader for production team

El Mobader program sponsored by Diwan Amiri (DOP)
Team leader for all the production team for indoor and outdoor shooting.
2012 - 2013 Kuwait City, Kuwait

Watan Tv

DOP

live studio program Taw El lail – Sabah el watan (Supertechno)
February Festival 2009 (jimmyjib crane)
High budget programs like
Abdan Shakoura by Fahad Kandary (DOP)
Mashahed by Nabil El Awady (DOP)
Medium budget programs
Fidyafthom by Barakat loqyan (DOP)
Ramadenyat by Saleh el Naham (DOP)
2007 - 2012 Kuwait

NTN Channels

Director Of Photography

Nile Drama: Studios & outdoor programs and Drama shooting
Nile Sport: covering a lot of live sports games and live programs.
Nile Family: the famous program (Farah clip)
Nile Entertainment: Famous program (Eshar Maana) (music club) (Express)
Nile News: live studios and documentary films (Port said)
Covering several presidential events.
2000 - 2007 Cairo, Egypt

Freelance

Director Of Photography

Subway TV commercial (VMPC)
Ahmed Sadon candidate (Cinemagic)
Zain flash mob (cinemagic)
El Seif Hospital Tv commercial (Cable Vision)
Sports for all TV commercial (VMPC)
• Melody 2004-2007 Freelancer:
Miss Egypt competition for 2004,2005,2006 and 2007
Miss German competition 2007 in Hurghada sponsored by Mercedes
• MBC 2004-2007 Freelancer:
Green apple program
The challenge
• Dream TV 2003-2005 Freelancer:
Kahwa El Habayeb program
Top20 program
Sahra Sheriey program

Education

Bachelor of Applied Arts

June 1995 - June 2000 Cairo, Egypt

Languages

Arabic (Fluent),
English (Advanced),

Awards

Aljazeera Media Network

Best Picture ( we are Aljazeera program )

Aljazeera Media Network

Best Lighting Design Aljazeera anniversary 18

Operation Departement

3 Times Outstanding Performance Awards

Movie Club

Appreciation and Recognition Certificate for training course

Aljazeera Media Training Center

Appreciation and Recognition Certificate for Training Course

Aljazeera Media Network

Appreciation and Recognition Certificate for Aljazeera 9th forum

Skills

Final Cut X, Keynote Software,

Summary

• 18 years experience as a Director of Photography:
Working in live programs, Drama, News, sports live covering and TV commercials.
• lighting designer for studios & big events:
Long experience dealing with different kinds of light projectors.
• lighting designer for outdoor programs:
Long experience in setup and designing lighting plans for outdoor studio programs.
• Field Production
Long experience dealing with different kinds of cameras like Canon C300 II, Blackmagic Cinema production, Redcam and Alexa.
• Operating the newest technology of cranes
Very good experience operating on all kinds of cranes like jimmy jib and cammate cranes including the new technology of Supertechno crane.
• Team leader for production team:
Very good experience in leading operation team in outdoor and indoor production including highly budget production.
• Cameras and lighting trainer:
Improve the lighting skills for directors and cameramen (Aljazeera Media training center).
• Updating with the new technology:
Interested with the newest technology in cameras and related workflow in post production by visiting the international shows in the world like IBC and Cabsat.