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About Me

About Me

I am a filmmaker and designer. My first film premiered in 1991 at the Asian American Film Festival and my work has screened at many museums and festivals since then. I received a Mid Atlantic Region Media Arts Fellowship and a Pennsylvania Council on the Humanities Grant.

For the last 15 years, I have been making short video pieces on an American-born Muslim, of Indian origin: himself. Since this doesn't pay the bills I am also an art director, designer, visual effects artist, and animator on commercial and broadcast projects. Some of my clients include Imaginary Forces, StarTV, SkyTV, Chanel, Anna Sui, Tommy Hilfiger, and AOL. Recently, I have also been taking jobs as an editor for independent documentaries. So far, I have only cut trailers.

I attended Emory University, The Atlanta College of Art, American University, and the Graduate Filmmaking program at Temple University.

I currently live in Brooklyn with my wife and two children.

Music Video Director Credits

Other Director Credits
Solitude, IAAC Film Festival, Veneration Film Festival, FICTS festival, DCIFF, 2007
Underground: Letter from an Immigrant, NY Video Festival, Rhode Island Film Festival, Algonquin Film Festival, 2003
My Friend Chris, WHYY's Independent Images, 1992, Stages of Integration, Asian-American Int'l Film Festival, 1991, Ablutions, Mix Experimental Film and Video Festival, Asian Pacific American Film and Video Festival, 1992
Awards
My Friend Chris, First Place, Graduate Documentary, Temple University Student Film Festival
Solitude, Outstanding Editing, Veneration Film Festival.
Other Achievements

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this is pretty cool and
Comment by stillif on I want your Despair - The More Assured (Radar Music Video post)
this is pretty cool and watchable. I can appreciate the low budget, but man, what a little color correction would have done for it! S. Ashraf Meer filmmaker www.ashrafmeer.com...
posted on Oct 13, 2008
you made this for HIGH
Comment by stillif on Seasons of Dreams (Radar Music Video post)
you made this for HIGH SCHOOL?! excellent. S. Ashraf Meer filmmaker www.ashrafmeer.com...
posted on Jul 11, 2008
Nice. watchable, good
Comment by stillif on Le Tetsuo - Your Elbow (Radar Music Video post)
Nice. watchable, good performances, great editing, nice effects. S. Ashraf Meer filmmaker www.ashrafmeer.com...
posted on May 12, 2008
yow! beautiful technique,
Comment by stillif on Florian - The Stop Motion Animation (Radar Music Video post)
yow! beautiful technique, but what a sad, bleak story. S. Ashraf Meer filmmaker www.ashrafmeer.com...
posted on May 5, 2008
I've reencoded this for
Comment by stillif on Underground:Letter from an immigrant (Radar Music Video post)
I've reencoded this for vimeo, which looks much better. Hope you enjoy it. S. Ashraf Meer filmmaker www.ashrafmeer.com...
posted on May 2, 2008
Undress by LaVendi
by stillif (Radar Music Video)
A very low budget video directed by Hellin Kay that I edited. A mix of bolex and dv. ...
posted on Apr 7, 2008
Muslims for Peace
by stillif (Radar Music Video)
This is sort of a music video for Ani Zonneveld's song "Insya alla" and sort of a PSA for a non-profit organization Muslims for peace. Its my kids and nieces starring in the piece, done in one weeken...
posted on Apr 7, 2008
Choices: Reni Laine
by stillif (Radar Music Video)
This is a music video that I edited for a director called Hellin Kay. The artist is Reni Laine. All shot on 16mm on a hand crank bolex... and then we tried our best to sync it up to the recorded tra...
posted on Apr 7, 2008
Underground:Letter from an immigrant
by stillif (Radar Music Video)
I was unemployed in London for 4 months which meant I was on the tube most of the day. These are the things I thought about, and another person I met. Music is by Adam Guth, Stan Gradice (the gypsy ...
posted on Apr 7, 2008
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