Portrait of Mostafa Kwelah
About

From the stage
to the edit

Post Supervisor, Film Director and Lead Film Editor — 11+ years.

Art. Emotion.
Rhythm.
Control.

I began my artistic journey at fourteen as a theater actor, then moved into directing and won awards for my short films. I went on to work as a visual effects artist before leading post-production — so I understand every part of how a film is made.

That background shaped how I cut: emotion, music and performance first. Today I lead post from the offline edit to the final master for features, TV series, documentaries and campaigns — for MBC Shahid, the Saudi Ministry of Culture, Riyad Bank, Half Million and more.

Career

Experience

JUL 2023 — NOW
Last Phase StudioPost Supervisor · Lead Film Editor

Riyadh — end-to-end post for commercial, documentary and cinematic projects: teams, workflows, budgets, color, VFX, online and delivery.

DEC 2021 — JUL 2023
Aroma Designs & SolutionsSenior Video Editor

Saudi Arabia — commercial campaigns and branded content, pacing, motion graphics and finishing.

NOV 2021 — MAR 2023
Nqla StudioSenior Video Editor

Saudi Arabia — commercial and social content, editing workflows and delivery.

JAN 2020 — JAN 2022
Rio StudioVisual Effects Artist

Cairo — realistic VFX for film, TV and digital; CGI integration with Maya, After Effects and Nuke.

OCT 2019 — DEC 2020
Karma DigitalzVideo Editor (remote)

Dubai — promos, brand films, color grading, sound mixing and motion graphics.

JAN 2018 — OCT 2020
MirorricFilmmaker

Cairo — directed and edited independent projects from concept to delivery.

2012 — 2016
50M TeamFilm Director · Independent Filmmaker

Egypt — independent short films for regional festivals.

Core expertise
  • Post Production Supervision
  • Film Editing
  • Editorial Workflow Management
  • Team Leadership
  • Storytelling & Narrative
  • Color Grading & Finishing
  • VFX Supervision & Integration
  • Quality Control
  • Delivery & Mastering
  • Directing
Software
Adobe Premiere Pro100%
DaVinci Resolve90%
Adobe Media Encoder90%
After Effects85%
Photoshop80%
Frame.io80%
Nuke30%
EducationBA, Archaeology & ArtsDamanhour University · 2015 — 2019
LanguagesArabic · EnglishNative · Professional