Biography

In 2020 was named as 'Rising Star of Cinematography' by the American Cinematographer magazine.

https://ascmag.com/articles/rising-stars-2020

Abdelsalam Moussa is an award winning cinematographer born in Cairo, Egypt 1984 .

Moussa is born to a family of filmmakers. His father is one of the most renowned colorist in Egyptian film industry. He helped in a big project to restore the whole library of Egyptian films that were made starting 1890 to 1950. Moussa's grandfather was a producer and the dean of the Egyptian High cinema institute. He worked on several international productions including several films with Cecil B. DeMille, The Ten commandments .

Moussa graduated from the High Cinema Institute in 2007. His student films won him several awards . He later joined the Berlinale Talent campus in the same year which helped him open bridges to the International industries.

Soon after working as a camera assistant with renowned Egyptian cinematographer Tarek El-Telmisany, Moussa started his career as a cinematographer at a relatively young age. He shot his first film at age of 24.

Moussa, being a film addict loves experimenting with different developing processes. He like to describe the lab as his playground .
- IMDb mini biography by: A M