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Faisal Hashmi(I)

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Faisal Hashmi
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Faisal Hashmi is an award-winning independent filmmaker based in Dubai with more than a decade of writing and directing short films. He's been fascinated with the horror and thriller genre and has become a pioneer of genre filmmaking in the region with his short films 'Wicken', 'Sleight' and 'Amber' playing at more than 50 horror film festivals across US, Europe, and Asia with multiple award wins.

Currently, he's working on multiple boundary-pushing genre feature films to shoot next year both locally and with international producers for a global audience.
BornApril 15, 1990
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On the set of Amber (2020)
On the set of Amber (2020)
At Red Sea Film Festival 2021
Faisal Hashmi
Faisal Hashmi
Faisal Hashmi
On the set of Sleight (2015).
On the set of Sleight (2015).
At Dubai International Film Festival 2016.

Known for:

Amber (2021)
Amber
7.6
Short
  • Director
  • 2021
Wicken (2019)
Wicken
5.9
Short
  • Director
  • 2019
Poster for the short film Sleight, directed by Faisal Hashmi.
Sleight
7.0
Short
  • Director(directed by)
  • 2015
Tarek Ghandour in Skipped (2017)
Skipped
6.4
Short
  • Director
  • 2017

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Director

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    • Director
    • Pre-production
  • Amber (2021)
    Amber
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Wicken (2019)
    Wicken
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Tarek Ghandour in Skipped (2017)
    Skipped
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Poster for the short film Sleight, directed by Faisal Hashmi.
    Sleight
    • Director (directed by)
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Clownish (2015)
    Clownish
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2015
  • See Yourself (2014)
    See Yourself
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Cold Feet (2014)
    Cold Feet
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Scrambled (2013)
    Scrambled
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Bubble (2011)
    Bubble
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Perfect Living (2011)
    Perfect Living
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2011

Writer

  • Fractal
    • Writer
    • Pre-production
  • Amber (2021)
    Amber
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Wicken (2019)
    Wicken
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Rigmarole (2019)
    Rigmarole
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Tarek Ghandour in Skipped (2017)
    Skipped
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Poster for the short film Sleight, directed by Faisal Hashmi.
    Sleight
    • written by
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Clownish (2015)
    Clownish
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2015
  • See Yourself (2014)
    See Yourself
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Employment 101 (2014)
    Employment 101
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Cold Feet (2014)
    Cold Feet
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Scrambled (2013)
    Scrambled
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Bubble (2011)
    Bubble
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Perfect Living (2011)
    Perfect Living
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Faisal Hashmi, Imad Siddiqui, Mirza Baig, Junaid Navid, and Richard Kale Samuel in Dimension (2011)
    Dimension
    • screenplay
    • Short
    • 2011

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Faisal Hashmi - Director Showreel (2020)
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Faisal Hashmi - Director Showreel (2020)

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    • April 15, 1990
    • Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

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    • Asian

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