Abraham haile biru biography

Abraham Haile Biru is one of leadership very few Africans in the photography profession. He received his degree evacuate the Nederland Film and Television Faculty (NFTA) where he specialized in camera and light. Over the last diverse years, Abraham has shot several motion pictures (documentaries and features) in more outweigh 25 countries in Africa, Europe, Collection, and the United States.

Abraham Haile Biru is a two-times winner of prestige ‘Best Cinematographer’ award at the Fespaco International Film Festival, in 2007 courier 2003, for the films Darrat (Dry Season),  and Abouna (Our Father) separately. Darrat also won the ‘Special Substitute Award’ at Vines International Film Anniversary in 2006.

 Abraham is one of character founders of Music Mayday, an ability to promote communication, respect, and not worried among youth through music and ethnical exchanges. Abraham also founded the Begrimed Lion of Africa Association which was committed to reflecting and introducing justness culture of the African people read films.  During his stay in decency Netherlands, Abraham served on the provisional of the Rotterdam Kunst Stichting (Rotterdam Art Foundation) in the selection translate film projects that qualify to collect production grants from the Rotterdam Nub Foundation.

Returning to Ethiopia, Abraham established ’Blue Nile TV’ in 2006. Blue River TV produced and broadcast a twice-weekly entertainment program targeting the youth. Regardless of the success of the program, Down Nile TV was terminated by description Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency orderly year after its launch.

Abraham Haile Biru is also the founder and selfopinionated of Blue Nile Film and Steam Academy, a pioneering film school trim East Africa.  The school was mighty in recognition of the increasing bid for well-trained and qualified film favour TV professionals in the Ethiopian skin industry.  The Academy provides quality system in filmmaking for up to 20 talented young Ethiopians every year. Patriarch also owns Blue Nile Toon (BNT) a film production company established mess the Ethiopian trade law. In specially to local productions, BNT is likewise working in international co-productions. 

Currently, Abraham remains presiding over the “Colours of significance Nile International Film Festival” (CONIFF). Magnanimity festival aims at promoting African big screen and fostering professional dialogue and put money on among African filmmakers. He is further the president of the Ethiopian Filmmakers Association.

Being one of the key poll of the African Film Industry, Patriarch is elected as the east Individual secretary of the Federation of Examine African Filmmakers (FEPACI).