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Producer, Director, Editor, Wolf’s Milk - Atlas Obscura
Production Company: Atlas Obscura
Recipient of the Best Directing Award, “Seize The Film” Festival. Wolf’s Milk is a documentary short by Munir Atalla that follows Abdullah, a deaf blacksmith from Wahdat Jordan, as he navigates the care, stigma, and superstitions that often accompany disability in his community.
Producer, Director, Editor, ProxiMIDI: An Inside Look with Creator Ruben Dax
Production Company: Independent
Filmmaker Munir Atalla visited the Copper & Cedar workshop in Brooklyn New York for an interview and to check out the one-man process behind making ProxiMIDI - a MIDI controller that gives you the power to control sound by gliding your hand through the air.
Producer, Director, Editor, Samia Halaby: A Video Portrait
Production Company: Independent
A portrait of the renowned abstract painter Samia Halaby, shot over two years in her Tribeca studio by Munir Atalla.
Associate Producer, The Bail Project - NBC Dateline
Production Company: NBC News
Keith Morrison reports from inside an Oklahoma jail, where a bold, new nonprofit is working to upend the nation’s cash bail system, one inmate at a time.
Associate Producer, Life Changer - NBC Dateline
Production Company: NBC News
The discovery of the gene-editing technology CRISPR came, in part, from Jennifer Doudna, a biochemist at the University of California, Berkeley. “It’s very profound," she told NBC News. "It means that we can control human evolution now." With collaborator Emmanuelle Charpentier, Doudna was able to harness a curiosity in the DNA of certain bacteria and help turn CRISPR into the world's most accessible gene-editing technology. Full report here.
New York Society of Professional Journalists “Deadline Award” Finalist
Director & Producer, Various Coverage - NBCNews.com
Production Company: NBCNews.com
From the deserts of Jordan to the indie music scene of Brooklyn, these stories showcase the unique, the unexpected, and the sublime qualities found in the mundane.
Nominated for a NAAMIC Vision Award
Director of Photography, Stories of Resilience - Safety Net Project
Production Company: Urban Justice Center
Challenging ingrained societal myths around government benefits and social services, this project highlights the stories of remarkable individuals who have faced hardship, discrimination, and fundamental injustice in New York City in a video project that pushes viewers to challenge their most fundamental assumptions about poverty.