August • 2021
simply awesome. Dedicated, innovative, creative and professional
Waqas H.
Nairobi, Kenya
1 review$250 - $950 / Day
About
Waqas is a self-proclaimed visual nerd who loves to curate stories, current affairs and coffee. He did produce a few stories since he luckily completed his college degree in film & television production and began his career as a filmmaker/video journalist. His stories are mostly playful, at times serious but always insightful. He has over a decade of experience in making video content for digital, TV and advertising from over 10 countries for CGTN, Insider, TRT World, African Stream, CCTV Africa, Grey Group and JWT. He script, direct, shoot and edit.
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- News Shooter / Video Journalist
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- Creative Director
- Documentary DP
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Produced for CCTVNEWS
Social start-up Africa: A tap station at school
‘Water Kiosk at School’ is a classic start-up story, with more aims than profits and financial returns. Venuste Kubwimana is a Rwandan social entrepreneur who is trying to bring clean water closer to the communities, specifically community schools in the East African region.
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Creative Director
- Series Producer / Show Runner
Produced for CCTV News
Social start-up Africa: Pneumonia e-jacket
Pneumonia is an acute respiratory infection affecting the lungs and can be caused by viruses, bacteria or fungi. According to the WHO, only in the Sub-Saharan Africa it kills half million children. Brian Turyabagye is a Ugandan engineer and a co-inventor of a ‘biomedical smart jacket’ which detects pneumonia faster than a doctor. Brian and his team are working to help doctors quickly diagnose Pneumonia by improving the treatment process in affected children below the age of five.
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Creative Director
- Series Producer / Show Runner
Produced for CGTN News
Made in Africa: A hip hop Griot | CGTN
The griot is a phenomenon which characterizes the West African music scene. They are the defenders of West African civilization and professors of ethnomusicology. Noumoucounda Cissoko is one such artist from Senegal. He is a modern griot who combines traditional kora with hip-hop beats. We traveled to Senegal to discover this unique combination of the kora which is a 21-stringed African harp, emblematic of West African Manding culture which was born centuries ago.
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Creative Director
- Senior Producer / Project Manager
Produced for African Stream
Genocide Orphans in Limbo, Again | African Stream
Rwandan genocide orphans were evicted from their accommodation to rehouse asylum seekers that were due to be sent from the United Kingdom under the new Rwanda-UK asylum treaty. Check out our exclusive report from the ground in Rwanda where we explore the devastating consequences that this policy is having in Rwanda itself.
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Creative Director
- Senior Producer / Project Manager
Produced for TRT World Digital
Eating Sarajevo E5 - Epic $300 seafood feast
The Miljacka river runs through Sarajevo, we went to Luka Sarajevo situated alongside it and devoured a $300 seafood feast.
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Creative Director
- Drone Operator
Produced for CGTN News
Surviving Climate Change: Kenya's mangrove resurgence
Kenya's mangrove forests are considered as guardians of the coastline. These trees stabilize the coastline by reducing erosion from storm surges and tides. Mangroves play an important role in fighting climate change.
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Creative Director
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Video
- Multiple cameras
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- Documentary DP
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Drone Operator
- Commercial DP
- Field Producer
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
- Line Producer / On-Location
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- Video Editor - Documentary
- Video Editor - News
- Video Editor - Commercial
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- Series Producer / Show Runner
- Senior Producer / Project Manager
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