Ovidio Salazar - Bio + Filmography

A native of California, Ovidio Salazar has been involved in documentary films for twenty years. After studying Theatre and Performance Art in Los Angeles and New York, his interest in Sufism took him to Europe and the Middle East. He studied Arabic and Islamic Studies in England and Egypt. For two years he produced the BBC series "Faces of Islam", and has filmed the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca on several occasions.

As Director/Producer:

2009
Rumi (feature film in development)

2008-2009
The Veil (documentary)

2008
The Greatest Journey IMAX
(Mecca Sequence)

2007
King Abdullah (documentary)

2005-2006
Circling the House of God (documentary)

2003-2004
Al-Ghazali -The Alchemist of Happiness (drama-documentary)

2001-2002
Hajj - Journey of a Lifetime

2000
The Furthest Mosque

1997-2000
Faces of Islam - Series for BBC

1996-1997
Creatures Fantastic BBC/Discovery Channel

1995-1996
In Search of Da Cat

1986-94
As Director/ A.D: Corporate and Commercials

Yasin Salazar - Bio + Filmography

Graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies in 2002 in Islamic History, and has since been working in both television, documentary and feature films. Most recently Yasin worked as the lead researcher on an IMAX project inspired by the story of Ibn Battutah.

2009
Hajj (OPUS)

2008
Journey to Mecca IMAX (Lead Researcher)

2007 The Blessed Tree (Producer - documentary)

2006
Spirit of Wood: Traditional Culture in the Heart of Malaysia (Producer - documentary)

2005
It's All Gone Pete Tong (Assistant - Feature Film)

2004-2005
Television Commericals (Assistant - various)

2004
The Football Factory (Assistant - Feature Film)

2003-2004
Al-Ghazali: The Alchemist of Happiness (Production Assistant - Drama Doc)

2001-2002
Notorious Films (P.A.)

1999-2002
Union Pictures + Natural Nylon