Ghanem Ghubash

Ghanem Ghubash is an Emirati film producer in the United Arab Emirates. He is the creator and producer of the first Emirati science-fiction film in the Arab world called Aerials, and the producer of the Emirati post-apocalyptic science-fiction film The Sons of Two Suns.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Early life and career

Ghanem Ghubash is the son of journalist, Dr.Mohammad Obaid Ghubash, who was also the chairman of the UAE's chess federation.[7][8][9][10][11] Ghanem Ghubash was named after his uncle, Ghanem Obaid Ghubash, who was the president of UAE's Football Association in the 1970s, and was considered among the leading intellectuals of United Arab Emirates.[12][13][14]

Ghanem studied film-making at UCSD before starting his career as a film producer in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[15] He founded the company Fat Brothers Films with his childhood friend, and UAE based film director S. A. Zaidi. The company was named after them, since they were frequently referred to as the Fat Brothers, or dynamic duo.[16][17]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Determann, Jörg Matthias (29 January 2018). "Space Science and the Arab World: Astronauts, Observatories and Nationalism in the Middle East". I.B.Tauris – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Space-Science-Arab-World-Observatories/dp/1788310144
  3. ↑ Jalal, Maán. "These Guys Know Their Aliens". www.khaleejtimes.com.
  4. ↑ ""أيريالز" يُدخل السينما الإماراتية عصر الخيال العلمي". 18 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "صقر الياسري: قادرون على المنافسة عالمياً".
  6. ↑ Newitz, Annalee. "It's the UAE's answer to a post-apocalyptic Vin Diesel movie".
  7. ↑ "Banipal (UK) Magazine of Modern Arab Literature - Contributors - Muhammad Obaid Ghubash". www.banipal.co.uk.
  8. ↑ Reporter, A Staff. "Shaikha Fatima given Taryam Omran award". www.khaleejtimes.com.
  9. ↑ "محمد عبيد غباش.. حوار يخترق الأسوار".
  10. ↑ تركي الدخيل (12 September 2009). "إضاءات : الدكتور محمد عبيد غباش 1/6" – via YouTube.
  11. ↑ "د. محمد عبيد غباش :الأزمنة الإلكترونية تحملت عبء رعاية كتّابنا الشباب - 3". 9 October 2005.
  12. ↑ "23 عاماً على رحيل غانم غباش".
  13. ↑ "غانم غباش.. الأب الروحي لمثقفي الإمارات".
  14. ↑ "UAE FA former boards of directors". www.uaefa.ae.
  15. ↑ Reporter), (Staff. "UAE's take on sci-fi". www.khaleejtimes.com.
  16. ↑ "Homegrown Aliens – BroadcastPro ME". broadcastprome.com.
  17. ↑ "UAE filmmakers create milestone with first Sci-Fi movie: "The Son of two Suns"". 16 April 2013.
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