Aria is a multiple award-winning American film director who has been working in Qatar for over 10 years, directing projects at both corporate and commercial levels. He started directing mini-documentaries for PBS Detroit back in 2007 and has crafted his skills as a filmmaker over the past 17 years.

Aria has directed, produced, droned piloted and edited endless short films, TVC’s, short documentaries and animations. His years of experience has been able to bring many ideas from paper to film. He’s a passionate filmmaker who loves to collaborate and create immense stories. His work ethic, devotion and charisma has laid a massive impact for his clients, leaving them wanting more.

He’s a meticulous leader, yet a skillful planner and improviser when crafting characters or story driven films, not to mention, that he has filmed projects in the US, Qatar, Egypt, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Germany.

Most recent awards include:
2020 New York Festivals Bronze Winner for Branded Documentary, Sidra Medicine, Film: “Twins”
2021 New York Festivals Bronze Winner for Performance by an Actress, Ministry of Interior, Film: “Mother”
2021 New York Festivals Nominee for Best Direction, Ministry of Interior, Film “Mother"

Clients include: Ashghal, Bloomberg, Commercial Bank Qatar, Grey, Es’HailSat, Euronews, ExxonMobil, FIFA, General Authority for Minors Affairs, Hyundai, Media City Qatar, Nakilat, North Oil Company, Novo Cinema, Q22, Qatar Creates, QatarEnergy, Qatar Foundation, Qatar Investment Authority, Qatar Shell and Qatar Tourism.