Said El Marouk

expressive dancing, and vivid countenance would become fertile grounds for an international means of communication, a communication that bridged gaps between nations, spoken languages, and even the lack thereof. In 1996, Said launched his career by materializing his vision through the direction and production of a series of musical concerts, television commercials, and music videos for top Arab superstars. Despite his breakthroughs and technical injection of compositing, and graphic realism into the Arab video clips, Said maintained a compassionate approach to the human emotional spectrum. This is clearly vivid when one finds themselves fighting back tears, awe, or amazement at his work for Top Stars such as Najwa Karam, Nancy Ajram, Assi Al Hallani, Majida El Roumi, Walid Toufic, Saber Al Roubai , Nawal El Zoughbi, Asala, Kazem EL Saher, Haifa Wehbe, Mohamad Mounir, Rami Ayach, Moen Shreif, Samo Zein, Nawal, Ahlam, and many other iconic Arab Stars. Simply put, Said raised the local industry standards, thereby creating an audience hungry for higher budget, and internationally recognized works. In 1998, the first live broadcast to ever air in the history of the Arab world was a Musical live concert that took place in Dusseldorf, Germany and was directed by Said El Marouk. After that Said went on to direct more than 35 live concerts and events throughout Europe, in Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Germany, France and Belgium. In 2009, Said worked alongside director Michael Bay, as a second unit director and visual consultant, for the movie “Transformer Revenge of the Fallen”. The following year, Said directed his first Egyptian movie “365 Days of Happiness”, released in 2011. In December 2015, Said was diagnosed with lung cancer and underwent treatment for 16 months. With the love and support of his loved ones and family he was able to get better and only a few months back he was informed of his full recovery from the disease. Given that he has a big effect on numerous fans in the Arab world, He held a campaign against smoking and helped others quit this horrible habit as he did. Said continues to thrive in an ever-growing industry that has swept the Arab music world, while navigating into a progressive technology that walks hand-in-hand with the ever evolving human nature. Vision & Target:
Said’s vision was to always ensure the happiness and entertainment of the people watching his programs, films and music videos. He always felt that it was so easy for him to deliver stories from personal experiences in his life throughout motion pictures. Music has a great factor in all his works and he believes that a moving picture is always completed when music is added to it. It has such a big impact on the viewers’ emotions and state of mind. When presenting any of his works, he believes that a storyline is so important because a human with no stories or histories to share is vacant therefor he always stresses on delivering a specific message in his picture of issues all people can relate to. Everyone has a past and a story to tell and that’s what makes people so intriguing because somehow all of us have passed through the same problems or same happy moments as others have in centuries that have passed and centuries to come. Not only has Said conquered the motion picture world, he also had a huge impact on the music industry and he was the first to change the idea of a singer performing as if he was on stage. He took things to the next level with his international standards and visions. Not only did Said excel in directing big concerts and events. Music videos & film, he later targeted the advertising world making him one of the pioneers in the commercial industry in the Arab nation. Accomplishments and Awards:
In 1999 Said was awarded the best music video for that year, it was the first music video he did that transformed the way music videos are shot. He won best director for the year of 1999. He also won best director in various years 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015 in the category of best music videos in the Arab world making him a giant in the music industry and went on to direct hundreds of music videos throughout his 20 years plus experience. Said El Marouk won best picture and cinematography in the 2009 awards that took place in Hungary, where Francis Ford Coppola was one of the jury members. A total of 25 awards were presented to him for his superior directing skills and best picture throughout the Arab world and in multiple prominent award showcases in the Arab world media industry. He was also honored and awarded by the advertising agencies for his excellence in directing. He has worked with the biggest names in the Arab nation such as Vodafone, Lipton, BMW, Coca Cola, Nestle, Huawei, and a Various of a major Bank in the Region and many Real Estate Company, ministry of tourism for various Arab countries, and so many more. Said also took part in the FIFA World Cup that was held in France in 1998 and the Euro cup in Holland in the year 2000. In 2015 Said was chosen as Hope Ambassador for The International therapetic diet initiative for volounteer. In the same year The International College in London Presented Said a Honarary Doctorate Certificate For his exelence in Volentery work.