Aqsa Nori Husein, Vision director & TV editor

Aqsa Nori Husein

Vision director & TV editor

Al Hurra American TV channel

Location
Iraq - Baghdad
Education
Master's degree, film
Experience
33 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :33 years, 0 Months

Vision director & TV editor at Al Hurra American TV channel
  • Iraq - Baghdad
  • My current job since October 2012

1.Member in programs’ evaluation committee:

a.Evaluating different programs before the Showtime & writing reports about the weakness of the technical, intellectual, and aesthetic aspects of these programs.

b.Emailing the reports and discussing them with the rest of the committee by phone or Skype in the main office in USA - Washington.

2.Directing TV program under title “Youth talking”: in charge of the whole structure & designing conceptual aspects for the mentioned program (pre-production, production, & postproduction) stages.

3.Editing TV programs called "youth talking": responsible for the post production stage (editing by Adobe premiere & Final cut, after effects, & Adobe photoshop), sound recording & engineering by adobe audition, adding audio & visual effects, designing the subtitles by Adobe after effects).

4.Designing the intro & outro of the programs title by Adobe premiere & Adobe after effects.

Mass communication instructor at UAE university
  • United Arab Emirates - Al Ain
  • March 2007 to June 2012

•Main Responsibilities:

-Teaching TV, P.R., designing courses (the courses are mentioned in the Taught courses category).

-Academic supervisor: supervising the TV & P.R. students’ projects: by visiting them in the internship sites & meeting their field supervisor also discussing the student’s internship program & final project according to the organization system & policy.

-Follow up visits for the students in the internship sites to Strengthening the project from the draft ‘till the final stage.

-Technical adviser for the mass comm. department faculties & students.

Assistant professor at College of fine arts - Audio & visual arts department
  • Iraq - Baghdad
  • March 2006 to March 2007

-Teaching editing (theoretical & practical by Adobe premiere).

-Teaching cinematography (using TV cameras Canon xl1 & cinematic ones such as Bolex 16mm & Ariflex 35mm ).

-Teaching feature & documentary film directing from the pre-production to post-production level.

-Teaching writing for film: building the primary script & develop it tob fit for the screen.

Assistan professor - technical activities unit at Mustansiriyah university
  • Iraq - Baghdad
  • November 2005 to March 2006

member of evaluation committee that choosing the suitable visual projects for the university exhibitions & festivals.

Composer, sound engineer, editor at Children paradise (animation company)
  • Iraq - Baghdad
  • April 2003 to November 2005

• Main Responsibilities:

-Composing, rearranging, sound engineering the soundtrack.

-Sound engineering the dialogue & the sound effects tracks for the projects.

-Video editing by Adobe premiere: collecting the shots for their specific time on the draft stage & replacing them with the final ones, & creating motion graphics and effects for visual aesthetics.

Composer, sound engineer, editor, script writer, director. at AL Nahij
  • Iraq - Baghdad
  • January 2000 to February 2003

• Main Responsibilities: o Composing, rearranging, sound engineering the soundtrack.

-Sound engineering the dialogue & the sound effects tracks for the projects.

-Script writing discussing with rest of the crew in a teamwork spirit.

-Animation directing: discussing the scripts with the writer & developing the themes and the main & secondary plots and ideas.

Director at AL Nahij
  • Iraq - Baghdad
  • January 1997 to December 1998

• Main Responsibilities: managing developing the script for the production stage, and leading the animation team that includes animators, inkers, cleaners, ..etc.

Director, producer & sound engineer at Baghdad FM radio
  • Iraq - Baghdad
  • March 1996 to September 1997

• Main Responsibilities:

-Producing & transmitting hundreds hours of song on-Air.

-Directing, producing & sound engineering a program about the best sells metal albums in Baghdad.

Editor, video operator at Iraq main TV channel, Iraq 2ed TV channel, Youth (Shabab) TV channel, Youth music TV channel, Youth
  • Iraq - Baghdad
  • January 1991 to December 1995

• Main Responsibilities:

-Editing Ads. using U-matic & betacam editing systems.

-Broadcasting video operator.

-Video operator in (2, 600, 800) studios: by recording drama series, video clips, & different kinds of programs (political, cultural ..etc.)

cameraman & assistant cameraman at AL Faidh video production company
  • Iraq - Baghdad
  • November 1989 to October 1992

Nov 1989 - Oct 1992 AL Faidh video production company Baghdad, Iraq
• Position: cameraman & assistant cameraman.
• Main Responsibilities: videographing outdoor (EFP) projects.

Education

Master's degree, film
  • at College of fine arts
  • January 1999

College of fine arts Baghdad university Master 16/Mar/1999 • Documentary film editing.

Bachelor's degree, Film studies
  • at College of fine arts
  • January 1995

College of fine arts Baghdad university Bachelor 6/Jul/1995 • Film studies

Specialties & Skills

Film Editing
Adobe Creative Suite
Film Studies
Television Production
Mass Communication
Non-linear editing (Adobe premiere, Avid, & Final cut)
ANIMATION
Teaching (Mass communication, film making & studies)
Guitar player & music teacher
Photo editing (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe illustrator)
Film & TV producer
TV & film directing
3D modeling & animation teaching
Sound engineering
Final cut

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Italian
Beginner

Memberships

Iraq artists association
  • Member
  • June 1995
Short film festival - UAE university
  • Elected to serve as a member in judgment committee
  • March 2012
UAE university college fair
  • Appointed to serve as TV department spokesman
  • July 2008
Al Nawa award in mass comm. dept. UAE university
  • Elected to serve as member in web design committee
  • October 2011
UAE university
  • Technical activities supervisor in Mass comm. open day
  • May 2007
Habib Al Redha Media creativity award 2011
  • Member in designing judging committee
  • February 2011
Habib Al Redha Media creativity award 2010
  • Member in designing for PR committee
  • March 2010
Habib Al Redha Media creativity award 2007/2008
  • Member in short film committee
  • July 2007

Training and Certifications

Effective media skills training session (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2009
Valid Until:
September 2009
An introduction to the blackboard course management system (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2009
Valid Until:
October 2009
Faculty workshop on student motivation & class participation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2007
Valid Until:
October 2007
Using bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2010
Valid Until:
September 2010

Hobbies

  • Guitar, swimming, basketball, strategy games.