Issa Ahmad

Director of Photography
Cinematographer
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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My Contact Number:
6472021460

Credits

Year	Job Title Project Type	Project Name Director / Company	Location
2022	Cinematographer Film	Covid Collaterial Trish Wood	San Francisco, CA/Toronto, ON
2022	Cinematographer Film	Queen Tut Reem Morsi	Toronto, ON
2022	2nd Unit Director of Photography Television	Summit 72 Ravi Baichwal / CBC / Mercury Films	Vaughn, ON
2022	Cinematographer Television	Ezra Marianna Phung, Mike Mildon, Luke Hutchie, Chelsea Clark, Spencer Glassman / OutTV / Amazon Prime / Hell Yes Entertainment	Toronto
2021	Cinematographer Film	We Sold our Souls for the Cause Olivier Suprentant	Toronto, ON
2021	A Camera Operator Film	Eumenides Falls Barret Kaplan	Caledon, ON
2021	Cinematographer Film	Strangers in a Room Andre Rehal / OutballTV	Hamilton, ON
2021	Cinematographer Music & Singing	Rajan 'Ride With Me' Adeel Shamsi / ImagineNation	Toronto, ON
2021	Cinematographer Music & Singing	Dani Doucette 'Crave' Tyler Lord	Toronto, ON
2021	Cinematographer Commercials & Industrials	Lululemon x AWR Deena Anin	Toronto, ON
2021	Cinematographer Commercials & Industrials	Osmow's 'Sam Osmow' Adeel Shamsi / ImagineNation	Toronto, ON
2021	2nd Unit Director of Photography Film	Rabaa Nicky Bolster	London, ON
2021	2nd Unit Director of Photography Film	TikTok For You presents RealJoy w/ OnlineKyne Casper Williamson	Kitchener, ON
2021	Cinematographer Film	Taboo Nesa Huda	Mississauga, ON
2020	Cinematographer Television	Lucas the Spider Season 1 Paul Brown / FreshTV / HBO	Toronto
2020	Cinematographer Television	Get Up Aisha Anubhav Singh / iThentic	Toronto
2020	Cinematographer Music & Singing	Banners 'Where the Shadows End' Kyle Travis Young / NXTLVL	Toronto, ON
2020	Cinematographer Commercials & Industrials	IDRF: Zakat Builds Lives Adeel Shamsi / ImagineNation	Turkey
2020	Cinematographer Film	Love For Hire Chris DiStaulio / TrePalm	Toronto, ON
2019	Cinematographer Commercials & Industrials	TheOne08 Kickstarter Charmaine Kachibaia	Kenya, Turkey, Vietnam, Toronto
2019	Cinematographer Music & Singing	Freddie Future 'Too Heavy' Colin Cooper / MadRuks	Toronto, ON
2019	Cinematographer Commercials & Industrials	Toronto Raptor's The Fans Playlist Stephen Kazumi / Warner Music	Toronto, ON
2019	Cinematographer Film	Communal Futures: Jummah Circle Nicole Teeny	Toronto, ON
2018	Cinematographer Music & Singing	Massari feat. Beenie Man 'Tune In' Russel Majik / XO	Negril, Jamaica
2018	Director of Photography Video	Majid Jordan / All Over You Foaud Jreige / Good People's Sounds
2017	Cinematographer/Talent Commercials & Industrials	Henry's #Spotlights Ross Pilsford / Dale & Ross	Toronto, ON
2017	Cinematographer Film	Baby Baby Emily Pope	Toronto, ON
2017	Cinematographer Film	Marjorie Ryan Sherdian	Toronto, ON
2017	B-Camera Operator Television	In The Making Season 1 Chelsea McMullen / CBC / White Pine Productions	Montreal, Winnipeg
2016	Cinematographer/Editor Commercials & Industrials	SubPac 'It Was You' Neal Hicks / SubPac	Toronto, ON

Education

Year	Qualification	Where
2014	Radio & Television Arts	Ryerson University

Equipment

My Equipment/Kit: Aputure 300D, Canon 70-200mm F2.8 EF Mount, Movi Pro, RED Digital Cinema Cameras, Red Scarlet Dragon, Tilta Nucleus Wireless Follow Focus, TV Logic 7-inch Monitor, Zeiss ZE 21mm f2.8 EF Mount, Zeiss ZE 35mm f2.0 EF Mount, Zeiss ZE 50mm f1.4 EF Mount, Zeiss ZE 85mm f1.4 EF Mount

I can use: Red Scarlet Dragon, Sony Venice & Fx Series, Red Gemini, Weapon, Komodo, Raptor, Arri Alexa Mini, Xt, Amira Sxt, Tv Logic 7-Inch Monitor, Canon 70-200Mm F2.8 Ef Mount, Zeiss Ze 85Mm F1.4 Ef Mount, Zeiss Ze 50Mm F1.4 Ef Mount, Zeiss Ze 35Mm F2.0 Ef Mount, Zeiss Ze 21Mm F2.8 Ef Mount, Tilta Nucleus Wireless Follow Focus, Aputure 300d, Movi Pro, RED Digital Cinema Cameras

About me

Cinematographer/DP with over 10 yrs experience. Clients include HBO, CBC, OutTV, Amazon Prime, Lululemon, Warner Music, TikTok, OVO, XO, Osmow’s, SubPac, IDRF and many more . RED Scarlet owner/operator. My skillset varies from documentary, TV, feature films and shorts. Having started my career shooting live events, I am well-versed in run & gun single shooter setups, as well as leading large film crews of 30+.

License & Passport

Passport:	Yes
Driver's License:	Yes

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Cinematographer
Job Titles	Aerial / Drone Operator, Camera Assistant, Camera Supervisor, Photographer, Director of Photography (DOP), Cinematographer, Camera Operator, Video Editor
Years in industry	6+ years
Work Permits	Canada