Fahad Alkuwari
- Writer
- Art Director
- Production Designer
Fahad Ahmed Alkuwari is a writer and art director. He was born in Qatar on September 11th, 1990. He comes from an art and design background, and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University, and a Master's Degree in Film and Screen Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London. He began his career in filmmaking through working in the art department with the Qatari production house Innovation Films, and went on to join Doha Film Institute as an Art Director and a Youth Programs Coordinator. He was a member of the Ajyal Youth Film Festival creative committee, and has been involved in the education sector as a guest lecturer at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. Along with his colleagues, Johan Granberg and Ben Robinson, Fahad Alkuwari received a Merit Award from The CIDA Awards for Excellence for developing a production design curriculum to be taught at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. Throughout his Career, Fahad worked on several short films as part of the Doha Film Institute "Qatari Film Fund" initiative, including Aljohara (2016), Our Time is Running Out (2017), and A Journey to from Love (2016). He also wrote and directed Ruqya (2011), and wrote I (2012). His first participation in a feature length film was on set of Mira Niar's The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012).