ABOUT

Maged Aboueldahab

Freelance cinematographer and filmmaker based in Cairo, working across documentary and narrative film since 2013. Cinematographer on Standing at the Ruins (dir. Saeed Taji Farouky), selected for Venice International Film Festival's Final Cut, 2026.

Before moving fully into cinematography, spent three years as a cameraman at Middle East Broadcasting Networks, with earlier roots in photojournalism and video/photo editing.

Based
Cairo, Egypt
Practice
Freelance cinematography & filmmaking, 2013 —
Broadcast
Cameraman, Middle East Broadcasting Networks, 2015 – 2018
Training
Contemporary Image Collective — Photojournalism, 2013
Deutsche Welle — Video Journalism Workshop, 2014
Education
B.Sc. Mechatronics Engineering, AIET Alexandria, 2011