Suhaib Gasmelbari
Sudanese film maker
Suhaib Gasmelbari (born 17 December 1979, Omdurman, Sudan) is a Sudanese film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer.
Biography
Gasmelbari was born in Omdurman, Sudan in December 1979. He lived parts of his early childhood in Russia before returning to Sudan.
At the age of 16, Gasmelbari went into exile in the United Arab Emirates to avoid the forced military conscription implemented by the government of Sudan in the midst of the Second Sudanese Civil War. In the Emirates, he finished high school. He later briefly attended a university in Alexandria, Egypt, before moving to Tours, France in 2002 with the intention of learning French language and studying literature and philosophy. Gasmelbari later studied cinema at the University of Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis. After graduation, he found work as a freelance cameraman and editor, working with journalists on reports for Al Qarra, Al Jazeera and France 24 TV stations.
For his master's degree, Gasmelbari attempted to direct a fictional film, but had difficulty getting official permits and dropped the project. Next, he directed short films and researched the Sudanese film archives, discovering old Sudanese films.
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