An older farmer with a walking stick, beside a coffee picker in the mountains of Haraz

Cinematography · Narrative image-making

Light should feel discovered.

Omar A. Nasr creates atmospheric images where landscape, performance, and light carry the story.

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Selected work / 01

Stories built in light.

Narrative, music, documentary, and commercial films—each reduced to the image, the feeling, and the reason it needs to exist.

G Janbee title card layered over a man standing between an interior and the seaSelected thumbnail · GJ-001

01Original music film · 2024

G Janbee

An original music film created from scratch by Omar A. Nasr, combining original music production with filming and VFX. A perpetual chase becomes a study of desire, absence, and the patterns relationships learn to repeat.

Credits

Created by Omar A. Nasr — Music Production · Filming · VFX

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Screen grabs / Omar's selection

Three supporting frames. Additional selected frames are in the project gallery.

A man in a patterned shirt framed from a low angle in warm sunlight
01GJ-002
A cardboard-box figure crossing a blue-hour field in backlight
02GJ-006
A man and a cardboard-box figure walking together through an olive grove
03GJ-004
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A woman holding a candle in deep violet and amber lightSelected thumbnail · WF-001

02Short documentary · 2024

Wild Flower

Artist and storyteller Hanan Eshaq invites viewers into a world where art becomes both canvas and mirror—an intimate portrait of creativity, healing, and self-discovery.

Credits

Director — Omar A. Nasr

Writer & Voice-over — Hanan Eshaq

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Screen grabs / Omar's selection

Three supporting frames. Additional selected frames are in the project gallery.

A woman drawing at a wooden table beside a piano and plants
01WF-003
A close portrait of the artist concentrating on her drawing
02WF-004
A woman working at a typewriter under a single desk lamp
03WF-007
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Ahmed and another child playing marbles in Ibb’s Old CityThumbnail review · P10-S006

03Short film · 2022 · عبر الأزقة

In the Long Run

Sent to buy bread before lunch, seven-year-old Ahmed drifts through Ibb’s Old City and turns a simple errand into a portrait of community, endangered architecture, and childhood wonder.

Credits

Omar A. Nasr — Director of Photography

Written & Directed by Yousef Assabahi · Produced by Ala’a Amer

Executive Producers — Mohammed Assabahi · Fawaz Al-Riyashi · Yousef Assabahi

Editor — Fateh Alhaddi · Starring — Ahmed Essam Farea’

Private screener available on request

Omar’s selection

Three supporting frames. The fourth selection and full gallery are on the project page.

Ahmed and an elder outside a stone house
01P10-S008
Ahmed speaking with a seated elder
02P10-S023
Ahmed peeking around a stone corner
03P10-S024
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An elderly Yemeni man standing in the Alfakhama film's historical settingSelected thumbnail · AF-015

04Commercial · 2023

Alfkhama TV Ad

A journey back through Yemen’s history, where losing the road becomes a way of rediscovering it. Cultural memory is treated not as nostalgia, but as living evidence.

Credits

Omar A. Nasr — Director · Director of Photography · Editor · Colorist

Producer — Hamed Sanabani · 1st AD — Mohammed Nasr · Production Manager — Wael Aldhawy

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Screen grabs / Omar’s selection

Three supporting frames. Fifteen additional frames are in the project gallery.

A young traveler with an older man behind him
01AF-019
Men looking toward an illuminated historic figure
02AF-005
A torch bearer facing a wall of inscriptions
03AF-004
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A diner holding a round blue woven shield in a warmly lit restaurantSelected thumbnail · AK-004

05Commercial · 2024

Alkindi TV Commercial 2024

A food commercial built around warmth, ritual, and the energy of a shared table. Precise movement and tactile detail let every frame carry the appetite.

Credits

Omar A. Nasr — Director of Photography

Production — Kaff Media · Producer — Loay Al-nezary · Executive Producer — Hamed Sanabani · Director — Mohammed A Nasr

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Screen grabs / Omar's selection

Three supporting frames. Sixteen additional frames are in the project gallery.

A diner biting into a kebab in front of a comic portrait
01AK-008
A diner standing behind a table in theatrical amber light
02AK-005
A framed portrait reacting as a kebab skewer passes in front of it
03AK-003
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A young woman in a white headscarf framed by two figures in warm backlightSelected thumbnail · AJ-030

06Music video · 2023

Almatar Ja Ft. Yasser Al-Matari

A music film rooted in the Yemeni landscape, following figures through fields and open country as rhythm, movement, and weather carry the story.

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Screen grabs / Omar’s selection

Three supporting frames. Twenty-eight additional frames are in the project gallery.

An older farmer bending toward the ground beneath a clear blue sky
01AJ-013
A farmer working the mountain soil with a hoe
02AJ-002
A young woman sharing roasted corn with two boys beneath a tree
03AJ-028
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Omar A. NasrMoving images

In motion.

A lone figure standing on a glowing car at sunset beneath enormous planetsThumbnail review · CP-020

07Yemen Kuwait Bank commercial · 2023

Crazy Planet

A surreal journey beyond the pressure of time. The road is difficult, but forward motion makes arrival possible.

Credits

Omar A. Nasr — Director of Photography

Partner — Yemen Kuwait Bank · Producer — Mohammed Khaled · Director & Editor — Osama Haji

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Screen grabs / Omar’s selection

Four supporting frames. Fourteen additional frames are in the project gallery.

Five performers standing on miniature planets in a star-filled space
01CP-003
A young man spinning an Earth-patterned ball on an outdoor court
02CP-006
A performer standing among clouds at sunset
03CP-014
A bearded man reclining over an aerial city landscape
04CP-005
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A shopkeeper standing among traditional goods in a Yemeni marketSelected thumbnail · IY-001

08Campaign film · 2023

I Am Yemeni, and This Is My Time

A large-scale campaign celebrating Yemeni identity, ambition, and a generation claiming its moment. Omar served as Director of Photography for the Yemen unit; the Egypt scenes were photographed by a separate team.

Credits

Omar A. Nasr — Yemen Unit Director of Photography

Director — Marwan Hamed · DOP — Ahmed Beshary · Yemen Unit Producer — Mohammed Khaled

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Omar’s selection

Four supporting frames. Six additional frames are in the project gallery.

A man in a pale blue shirt surrounded by hanging baskets
01IY-002
An older man looking across the city skyline
02IY-003
Three schoolboys standing together in sunlight
03IY-004
A market vendor carrying a blue basket on her head
04IY-005
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A joyful performer dancing at King’s Day in AmsterdamSelected thumbnail · BTS-001

09Cultural short · 2025

Between Two Suns: A Yemeni Tribute to King’s Day 2025

A Yemeni tribute to Amsterdam’s King’s Day, capturing joy, color, and cultural exchange across the city.

Credits

Omar A. Nasr — Producer · Cameraman · Editor · Director

Co-producer — Naif Alnajm · Camera — Dia Almandi · Drone — Mohammed Al-Jawfi

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Omar’s selection

Seven selected frames from Between Two Suns.

A child wearing a handmade orange crown in Dam Square
01BTS-002
A close-up of a red hat and gold sequined costume
02BTS-003
A performer wearing an oversized red hat and a blue scarf
03BTS-004
A man wearing an orange cape in front of a colorful shop window
04BTS-005
A smiling couple with an orange lion hat and sunglasses
05BTS-006
A man spreading an orange cape in a quiet Amsterdam street
06BTS-007
An aerial view of Dam Square and the rooftops of Amsterdam
07BTS-008
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A masked clinician with a patient chart beside a man resting in a hospital bed by the windowSelected thumbnail · AH-001

10Healthcare commercial · 2021

Abdulkader Almutawakil Hospital TV Commercial | 2021

A healthcare commercial built around urgency, care, and the coordinated work behind every patient journey.

Credits

Omar A. Nasr — Director · Director of Photography · Editor · Colorist · Cameraman

Executive Producer — Hamed Sanabani · Co-director — Mohammed A Nasr

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Omar’s selection

Three selected frames from the hospital commercial.

Two clinicians attending to a patient beside medical imaging equipment in a red-lit room
01AH-002
A masked hospital worker handling a tray inside blue-lit equipment
02AH-003
Two masked surgeons working under blue operating-room light
03AH-004
A woman in a warm, detailed kitchen preparing foodSelected thumbnail · PD-001

12Commercial · 2023

Priority Diapers TV Ad

A playful commercial that turns an everyday parenting problem into a stylized comic world, shifting from warm domestic detail to fluorescent offices and neon fantasy.

Credits

Omar A. Nasr — Director of Photography · Colorist

Client — Priority Co. · Producer — Mohammed Khaled · Director — Mohammed A. Nasr

Creative Writer — Jamal Taha · Gaffer — Hamed Sanbani · Art Director — Maged Alqudimi (Charly)

Editor & 3D — Mohamed A. Nasr

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Screen grabs / Omar's selection

Three supporting frames. Five additional frames are in the project gallery.

A tired office worker sitting at a cluttered desk under green fluorescent light
01PD-002
A red macaw performing beside a microphone in saturated purple and blue light
02PD-008
A child in a suit carrying a briefcase inside a neon triangle
03PD-005
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Approach / 02

The frame is precise.The feeling stays human.

Preparation creates the structure: location, lens, movement, and rhythm. On set, there is still room for weather, instinct, and the honest accident.

  • Patient observation
  • Natural movement
  • Emotional precision
A narrow path rising through tall grass toward a white church

About / 03

Patient. Curious. Invisible.

Omar A. Nasr is a cinematographer and filmmaker working across film, narrative, music, documentary, and commercial film.

His images balance disciplined craft with emotional immediacy so atmosphere remains active, silence has weight, and performance can stay unforced.

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Let's make somethingthat stays with people.

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