DANIEL CHEDID IS A LEBANESE CINEMATOGRAPHER WITH INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN FEATURE FILMS, SHORTS, TV SERIES, ADVERTISEMENTS AND DOCUMENTARIES. HE HAS PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS PROJECTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND ACROSS EUROPE.
HE HAS A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN FILM AND TELEVISION FROM THE LEBANESE UNIVERSITY AND A MASTER'S IN CINEMATOGRAPHY FROM THE ERASMUS MUNDUS PROGRAM AS A FULL SCHOLARSHIP STUDENT IN THREE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES: IADT IRELAND / SZFE HUNGARY / BFM ESTONIA.
"IF IT'S EASY, IT'S BORING"
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CINEMATOGRAPHY IS THE ART OF FROZEN TIME ... THE ABILITY TO STORE EMOTION AND FEELINGS WITHIN A FRAME. NOT ONLY WHAT IS HAPPENING ON SCREEN, THE SAME GOES FOR THE CINEMATOGRAPHER.
FOR ME, THE POINT OF CINEMATOGRAPHY, OF WHAT WE DO, IS INTIMACY. IS INTENT, IS THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE FAMILIAR AND THE DREAM, IT IS BEING SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE, BEING ENGAGED AND YET STANDING BACK AND NOTICING SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS OTHER PEOPLE DIDN'T NOTICE BEFORE, OR CELEBRATING SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL IS BEAUTIFUL OR VALID, OR TRUE OR ENGAGING IN SOME WAY.