About
Mina Nabil is a director, cinematographer and colorist with more than 15 years of experience, based in Cairo and working worldwide: Egypt, the Gulf, Europe and the US. He works on fiction, documentary and commercials.
He has worked with Google, Facebook and UNAIDS, and colored The Mother of All Lies (Asmae El Moudir), winner of the Directing Prize in Un Certain Regard at Cannes. He shot and colored Drama 1882 by Wael Shawky, which showed at the Venice Biennale, and colored Khufu by Mahmoud Assi, which won the Pardino d’Argento at Locarno and Best International Short Film Cinematography at the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival in 2026.
His documentary I Am A Script Girl won awards at the Gouna Film Festival and development support from the Red Sea Fund and MAFF Industry Days. He took part in Documentary Campus 2014 (Berlin) and Beirut Talents 2015, was nominated for the Robert Bosch Stiftung Film Prize at Berlinale 2016, and is a Film Independent Fellow.
He has served on juries at the OFF Cinema festival (Poland) and the International Documentary Association short competition, and teaches as a mentor and lecturer, including the masterclass “Grade with Passion” at Stockholm University of the Arts.
Services
- Directing
- Cinematography
- Color grading
- Creative producing
- Crews and equipment through Kit & Crew
How projects work
- Projects are quoted per project, with the price agreed upfront.
- Shoots in Egypt, the Gulf, Europe and the US.
- Top Rated Plus colorist and cinematographer on Upwork.
Press
- Featured by ARRI for cinematography on the ALEXA Mini LF
- Featured in PBS “Cinema Nomad: Egypt”
Company
- Founder of Kit & Crew production crews and equipment worldwide, based in Cairo Instagram