Bader Ben Hirsi

British-Yemeni director Bader Ben Hirsi began his career as a theatre playwright and director with numerous successes at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and in London where in his early twenties press compared him to Edgar Allen Poe and Jean-Paul Satre, leading What's On (London) to write he is 'a writer and director too bleak and too brilliant to be missed'. After reading for his MA in Drama Production from Goldsmith's College, London University, Bader turned his attention to projects promoting a more favourable image of the Arab World with his first award-winning feature documentary 'The English Sheikh & The Yemeni Gentleman' generating great international appeal. Soon after, he went on to write and direct Yemen's first-ever feature film 'A New Day In Old Sana'a' which again won an accolade of awards and global recognition. Other projects include ITN/C4's successful 'Hajj; Greatest Journey on Earth' and O3's insightful '9/11 Through Saudi Eyes'. In Abu Dhabi, Bader produced the first series of the ground-breaking 'Millions' Poet' series before directing and producing 'The Arabian Oryx - Freed Spirit of The Desert'. Bader is a co-producer of the Award Winning Iraqi film 'Son of Babylon'.