Hanna Selim

Hanna Selim

DirectorEditorCinematographer

Copenhagen · Egypt · Available worldwide

Danish-Egyptian filmmaker. My films have been watched more than 43 million times in the past year.

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Reach · past year

43.8M

Views across 22 films

Where Laughter Lived, my most-viewed film
24M
Films past one million views
7
Interviewed on Egyptian national TV
Nile TV

Commercial work

Campaigns and brand films, credited by what I did on each.

Personal films

Short films about home, family and memory.

Brands

Worked with

  • Adidas
  • Nike
  • Spotify
  • L’Oréal
  • Sony
  • IKEA
  • Bang & Olufsen
  • Vestas
  • Velux
  • Specsavers
  • Soundboks
  • NN07
  • Copenhagen Fashion Week
  • FC Copenhagen
  • Sportamore
  • Birger Christensen
  • Son of a Tailor

Press

Interviewed on Egyptian national television about my films, on Nile TV’s Nile Culture and Nile Life.

Watch the interview
Hanna Selim interviewed on Nile Life, Nile TV
Nile Life · Nile TV
Hanna Selim interviewed live on Nile Culture, Nile TV
Nile Culture · Nile TV, live
The interview on the control room monitors at Maspero, Cairo
Control room · Maspero, Cairo
Behind the scenes on the Nile Culture studio floor before the interview
Behind the scenes · Nile Culture studio

Also featured by Apostrophe S

About

Hanna Selim on a studio set in Copenhagen, with a circular dolly track and two orange chairs
On set · Copenhagen

I’m a Danish-Egyptian filmmaker based between Copenhagen and Egypt. I edit, shoot and direct, moving between commercial work for brands like Adidas, Spotify and L’Oréal and personal films about home, family and memory.

I came up through cinematography and agency work, and I’m available for work worldwide.

Roles
Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Based
Copenhagen and Egypt, available worldwide
Languages
Danish, Arabic, English

Contact

Instagram Vimeo CV (PDF)