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Mamoun Hassan is a screenwriter, producer, director, editor and critic as well as an international film teacher..
Mamoun Hassan is a screenwriter, producer, director, editor and critic as well as an international film teacher.
Mamoun Hassan
Saudi-born British filmmaker (–)
Mamoun Hassan (12 December – 29 July ) was a Saudi-born British screenwriter, director, editor, producer and teacher of film who held prominent positions in British cinema during the s and 80s, frequently backing experimental work.
He was the first head of production of the British Film Institute (BFI) and later managing director of the National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC).
Life and career
Mamoun Hassan was born in Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia on 12 December [1] He began his career in film working as an editing assistant with Kevin Brownlow.[2] He made his first distributed short film 'The Meeting', in , for which he was awarded a best prize award at the Oberhausen Film Festival.[2] He was the first head of production of the British Film Institute from ,[3] in which post he instigated the BFI's policy of backing low-budget feature films that charted in new directions;[4] he ass