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Mahdi Abu-Salma

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Additional Crew
  • Location Management
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Mahdi Abu-Salma is known for Dune: Part One (2021), Holy Spider (2022) and Rebel (2022).
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    Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Oscar Isaac, Timothée Chalamet, and Zendaya in Dune: Part One (2021)
    Dune: Part One
    8.0
    • Location Management(as Mahdi Abu Salma)
    • 2021
    Sara Fazilat in Holy Spider (2022)
    Holy Spider
    7.3
    • Additional Crew
    • 2022
    Aboubakr Bensaihi in Rebel (2022)
    Rebel
    7.3
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2022
    The Point Men (2023)
    The Point Men
    6.0
    • Location Management
    • 2023

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Occupational Hazards
      • third assistant director
      • Post-production
    • Donkey
      • first assistant director
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • Atonement (2026)
      Atonement
      6.9
      • third assistant director
      • 2026
    • Building 9 (2026)
      Building 9
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2026
    • Detour (2026)
      Detour
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2026
    • Good Man (2026)
      Good Man
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2026
    • Road Trip (2026)
      Road Trip
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2026
    • I Was (2026)
      I Was
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2026
    • NAS (People) (2026)
      NAS (People)
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2026
    • Abdallah Al-Khatib in Chronicles from the Siege (2026)
      Chronicles from the Siege
      6.0
      • third assistant director
      • 2026
    • A Sotto Voce Night (2025)
      A Sotto Voce Night
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2025
    • Salsabiela A. and Laila Hzaineh in Cleanse the Streets (2025)
      Cleanse the Streets
      Short
      • second assistant director
      • 2025
    • Palestine 36 (2025)
      Palestine 36
      7.5
      • third assistant director
      • 2025
    • Maria Zreik in Zahra (2025)
      Zahra
      Short
      • floor second assistant director
      • 2025
    • Joanna Arida, Hussein Tubaishat, Zuhair Al Nobani, and Sharif Zoubi in Tight Neighborhood (2025)
      Tight Neighborhood
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2025
    • For Good Luck (2024)
      For Good Luck
      Short
      • third assistant director
      • 2024
    • Zoë Love Smith and Bilal El Aoumari in Laura H. (2024)
      Laura H.
      6.9
      TV Series
      • third assistant director
      • 2024

    Additional Crew

    • Palestine 36 (2025)
      Palestine 36
      7.5
      • key pa: additional Jordan unit
      • 2025
    • Sara Fazilat in Holy Spider (2022)
      Holy Spider
      7.3
      • daily set pa
      • 2022
    • Andria Tayeh, Noor Taher, and Rakeen Saad in AlRawabi School for Girls (2021)
      AlRawabi School for Girls
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • set pa
      • 2021
    • Michelle Monaghan in Messiah (2020)
      Messiah
      7.6
      TV Series
      • set pa
      • 2020

    Location Management

    • They Came for Us
      • location manager
      • Post-production
    • Joanna Arida, Saja Kilani, and Reem Saadeh in Is It Still Me (2026)
      Is It Still Me
      Short
      • location manager
      • 2026
    • Radiya (2025)
      Radiya
      Music Video
      • location manager
      • 2025
    • Once Upon a Time in Gaza (2025)
      Once Upon a Time in Gaza
      6.2
      • location manager
      • 2025
    • The Red Sea Makes Me Wanna Cry (2023)
      The Red Sea Makes Me Wanna Cry
      6.3
      Short
      • location manager
      • 2023
    • The Point Men (2023)
      The Point Men
      6.0
      • assistant location manager
      • 2023
    • Hanan Hillo, Saba Mubarak, Farah Bsieso, and Mariam Basha in Daughters of Abdul-Rahman (2021)
      Daughters of Abdul-Rahman
      7.7
      • assistant location manager
      • 2021
    • Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Oscar Isaac, Timothée Chalamet, and Zendaya in Dune: Part One (2021)
      Dune: Part One
      8.0
      • location assistant: Jordan (as Mahdi Abu Salma)
      • 2021
    • Gaza mon amour (2020)
      Gaza mon amour
      6.8
      • assistant location manager
      • 2020
    • Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Keri Russell, J.J. Abrams, Lynn Robertson Bruce, Hassan Taj, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Jimmy Vee, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, Robin Guiver, Daisy Ridley, Lee Towersey, Joonas Suotamo, and Naomi Ackie in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
      Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
      6.3
      • location assistant: Jordan (uncredited)
      • 2019

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Mahdi Abu Salma

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