Ziryab Alghabri started his career as graphic designer while in high school. He pursued his passion for graphic design untill opening a photography and visual design studio, Gabreez Production,
with his younger brother. In 2010.
won a filmmaking competition sponsored by the British Council that resulted in his training in filmmaking techniques in Egypt. The film he produced, The Gift Maker, won another award by the British Council and was screened at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2010.
While learning filmmaking techniques, Alghabri became infatuated with timelapse techniques. Exploring that format, he directed the film The Yemen Identity, which received regional and international acclaim.
The film, shot in 2012, features time-lapse shots from the city of Sana’a
and the island of Socotra and resulted in him receiving an opportunity to learn and create Awaken, an iMax Feature Film produced by the Dubai Film Production Company where he works today technology
and motion control.
