Amina Megalli

Editing a feature length documentary about Bill Cunningham, the photographer and fashion historian.

Edited three corporate videos for MSC’s (Mediterranean Shipping Company and Cruises) Human Resources Department, each representing one of their core company values.

Feature-length documentary about newly arrived refugees from Syria and Iraq. Currently these families are living in the Toronto area, assisted in starting a new life by private family sponsor teams for one year. The film documents five boys who were given an opportunity to spend two weeks in August, 2017, at Camp Pathfinder, a canoeing camp in Algonquin Park.

Feature-length documentary. The film focuses on women who were married to men and discovered they had feelings for women. The women changed their lives, got divorced, and are now navigating the world of dating women, or are in a committed relationship with a woman.

Two-hour documentary special. Sebastian Junger examines the failed state of Syria through the lens of his own experience. Within the context of Junger’s lifework, there is much to be revealed about Syria and the business of the Islamic State. I was one of five editors who sifted through close to 1,000 hours of footage including 91 interviews shot worldwide in Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, France, and Germany. I also translated some of the Syrian Arabic footage. I set up a database for all the archival footage, and helped set up an Adobe Premiere workflow to turn translated transcriptions into subtitles. Premiered 4/26/2017 at Tribeca Film Festival and 6/11/2017 on the National Geographic Channel.

Edited a special report on what compels some American volunteers to fight IS in Northern Iraq.

Corporate and non-profit short videos for clients including Ingredion, the Allstars Project, and NYU School of Medicine, and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

Hend Nafea, 24, is arrested and tortured for demonstrating peacefully in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Her pursuit of justice reflects post-revolution Egypt at an uncertain crossroads.