Young Guns
Young Guns is a portfolio competition awarding creative professionals 30 years and under, including designers, illustrators, entrepreneurs, and more!
Category
YG20
Annual ID
YG20_Abbas_0
Amara Abbas
Director
Hometown: Chicago, United StatesCurrent City: Brooklyn, United States
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Amara Abbas is an American-Pakistani director. Born and raised in Chicago, she moved to California in 2016 to begin her career in creative advertising and art direction. She spent the bulk of her career as an in-house Art Director at Apple, where she crafted award-winning campaigns and films for iPhone, iOS, and iPad.
Her developing interest in filmmaking led to the debut of her first film, TWIN FLAME, in 2021, a two and a half minute short exploring the visceral memories of a past flame that burned out as quickly as it was ignited.
A short few months later Amara signed with Iconoclast and new-land TV as a director. She is now developing her second short, UKHT (SISTER), an experimental narrative examining the cultural and religious identities of two 20-something Muslim-American women, and is continuing to take on projects in the commercial, music video, and short form arenas.
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Title
TWIN FLAME
Agency
Amara Abbas
Client
Personal Project
Annual ID
YG20_17_01
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
DP: Freddie Whitman
Sound Design / Editor: Nick Deliberto
Colorist: Nicke Cantarelli
Cast: Josh Sanders, Kadia Bah, Alaysia Abrielle
Prop Stylist: Kayla Robinson
Gaffer: Carlos Gonzalez
1st ACs: Mario Hernandez, Anthony Leary
Key Grip: Tommy Schneckenberger
Grip: Christian Pecot-Rodriguez
VFX: Erik Fernando
Titles: Katie Mcintyre, Lessa Wakutsu
Title
MALIKA
Agency
Amara Abbas
Client
Politiken
Annual ID
YG20_17_02
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
Director: Amara Abbas
DoP: Joao de Botelho
Starring: Malika Mahmoud
Colorist: Joseph Bicknell
Editor: Nikolaus Kohler
Sound Designer & Composer: Raphael Ajuelos
Music: Toumba
Executive Producer: Sara Samsoe
Directors Assistant: Naghmeh Pour
Producer: Melanie Frydshou
Producer Assistant: Kamille Ninn
1st AD: Casper Holm
1st AC: Peter Topsoe
Gaffer: Martin Riello
Production Designers: Veronika Bach & Thilde Ammitzboell
PD Assistants: Josefine KRabbe Munck & Ludvig Phillip Bach
Grip: Anton Lisner
Grip Assistant: Rasmus Ellegaard
Best Boy: Yann Bruckert
Runner: Katinka Brammer
Title
THE ONLY WAY IS THROUGH
Agency
Amara Abbas
Client
UNDER ARMOUR
Annual ID
YG20_17_03
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
Production: Iconoclast Germany
Director of Photography: Jacob Moller
Editor: Matthias Graatz
Color: Nicke Cantarelli
Music: Anne Kulonen
SFX: Ballad
Talent: Laura Freigang, Lary Poppins, Fleur Jong
Title
The Opening
Agency
Amara Abbas
Client
Apple
Annual ID
YG20_17_05
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
Rob Messeter (Creative Director - Apple)
Allison Mchann (Producer-Apple)
Tom Noakes (Director)
Title
Appocalypse
Agency
Amara Abbas
Client
Apple
Annual ID
YG20_17_06
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
Kayla Robinson (Art Director - Apple)
Tyler Whinsand (Creative Director)
Tom Kuntz (Director)
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