Mohamed Al-Daradji (b. 1978, Baghdad, Iraq) studied stage direction at the Baghdad Fine Art Institute from the age of fifteen. He continued his studies at the Hilversem Media Academy in Holland, where he specialised in film photography. As a cameraman he worked for various production companies in the years 1998–2001 (RTV Oost, Castel media). He became increasingly involved in film through studies at the Metropolitan University School of Art in Leeds. As a director of photography he has made shorts, video clips and commercials (one of them, Comfort Hospital, won the prestigious Kodak Commercial Award). He made two short films and, apart from his directorial feature debut Ahlaam, he also created the documentary Shooting in Iraq. He is currently working on his second feature film.
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