Hamzah jamjoom biography

Born and raised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Hamzah came to study in the U.S. at the age of 17 and is now completing his graduate work in film studies at Chicago's.
Hamzah is a director willing to take risks with what he thinks.
Hamzah Jamjoom is a Saudi Arabian-born, American-trained filmmaker and creator of thought-provoking films with international appeal.

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Hamzah Jamjoom’s first feature Rupture made its debut at the Red Sea International Film Festival as the only Saudi Arabian film in the competition.

It went on to win the audience award for best Saudi feature across the entire festival.

The ambitious psychological thriller was produced by local outfit MBC production and underwent a complicated, pandemic-interrupted shoot with an international cast and crew.

Rupture is the story of a young Saudi couple who want to start a family and have relocated to London for fertility treatment.

Writer-director Jamjoom sat with Screen to reflect on the project’s production challenges and his goal to subvert misconceptions of his country’s society and culture.

How did you come to this story?
My mission was to clear misconceptions about my culture, my people, my religion. I was born and raised in Baghdadiyya, literally two minutes away from here [RSIFF’s home in Jeddah’s old town, Al-Balad]. I relocated to the US and experienced a lot of questions, people asking ‘Do you guys have music that we can listen to? Do you guy

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Saudi filmmaker Hamzah Jamjoom’s ‘Rupture’ puts women center stage

JEDDAH: As the Kingdom opens up to the world, filmmakers are turning to cinema and visual content to address misconceptions about the country and show true Saudi talent. One such story is the work of up-and-coming Saudi filmmaker Hamzah Jamjoom.

Born and raised in the coastal city of Jeddah, Jamjoom grew up surrounded by positive female influences, a safe environment, and lived a good life, in contradiction to how the West has viewed Saudis generally and portrayed Saudi women as being oppressed. To address these misconceptions, he has ventured into the world of cinema — specifically through his award-winning psychological thriller, “Rupture.”
Jamjoom directed the film, which won the Red Sea International Film Festival’s Best Saudi film category. He told Arab News that although Saudi Arabia has its own problems, he, like many, has lived in an otherwise peaceful and calm community.

My mission in life is to clear misconceptions about Muslims, Arabs and Saudi Arabia. Every product I touch in my life, I have
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Award winning Saudi-American director who messes with audiences' minds and hearts
Hamzah is a director willing to take risks with what he thinks. He comes from a bloodline of thinkers and dreamers that won’t rest until they elevate the world around them.

Hamzah honors his heritage with his crafty storytelling and filmmaking skills. He treats every project as his last. He strives to perfect every story beat, every angle, every sound, every performance, and every pixel.
Bringing meaningful and thought-provoking movies to the masses.
Forged in the Desert, Raised All Over the World
Born with big eyes and infinite love for anything thrilling, Hamzah started telling stories before he could walk. His nation-hoping upbringing made him wildly imaginative and annoyingly inquisitive. Life took him from the blazing heat of the Saudi desert to the frozen lands of Chiberia (Chicago).
It might not be apparent, but Hamzah studied mechanical engineering before getting sick of calculating the “drag coefficient” of spinning fans and switching to animation school. He t