- Born
- Birth nameHatim Moizali Hassanali
- Nicknames
- DPLife
- DP
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Hatim Hassanali is is a Toronto, Canada and Mombasa, Kenya based entrepreneur, award-winning filmmaker, cinematographer and leading life, business and growth strategist. CEO at Mara Moja Productions and Alinea Plexus, an East-African conglomerate specializing in advertising, film, digital media, technology, consulting and packaging-manufacturing. Hatim has worked with various advertising and production agencies, record labels and NGOs globally.
Now Hatim uses his media experience as Chief Executive Officer at Alinea Plexus a bespoke advertising, film, digital media, packaging, print, consulting and unique business transformation services agency built for the future. Proudly servicing over 50 industries in more than 25 cities globally. Hatim also plays an active role as Chief Executive Officer and Lead Creative Director at Mara Moja Productions, an international independent full service advertising, film and digital media agency with a forte in creating world-class content for clients who value innovation.
In the community, Hatim assists as a celebrity partner, educator and aid worker at various charities focusing on development, art and education. In 2014 Hatim launched the Mara Moja Education Program (aka FilmEd) which focuses on film, media and artistic education through masterclasses across developing film nations. The first masterclass took place on December 14th 2014 in Mombasa, Kenya, followed by 7 others across educational institutions in Kenya, Tanzania, Iraq and Canada. Several more are slated for popular African cities in the near future. In January 2017, Hatim delivered his first TEDx talk at Mombasa's first ever TED event alongside celebrity musician Juliani, Kenyan olympic archer Shezana Anwar and several other notable personalities. Hatim is passionate about educational reform, arts education, social economical development and empowerment through innovative technology.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Alexander Rassmussen
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Hatim's unique use of motion and lighting with his cinematography.
- Hatim's all time favourite cinematographers include Gordon Willis, Emmanuel Lubezki, Roger Deakins, Dean Semler, Rodrigo Prieto, Jeff Cronenweth and Bobby Bukowski.
- Hatim founded independent record label Vmixx Music Group and media firm Mara Moja Productions. Vmixx Music Group was dissolved in 2014 while Mara Moja is still active with offices in Toronto, Canada - London, England - Nairobi & Mombasa, Kenya - Mumbai, India - Melbourne, Australia & Cape Town, South Africa.
- Hatim was born on the Kenyan island of Mombasa and raised in Toronto, Canada.
- Hatim is also an internationally recognized music producer, songwriter and DJ, having played various shows worldwide with several hit radio and chart singles to his name.
- Beside film and cinema, Hatim enjoys shooting cinéma vérité/run and gun style documentaries.
- I'm just reflecting on my life. I'm gonna be dead in like 50-60 years, got so much more life to live, so much more to learn, so much more to do but for some funny reason I feel like I've done it all, experienced it all, felt it all, but theres a long way to go, learning and experiencing is forever. To the 16-17 year old kids asking themselves when's life gonna get better? When you're ready. I was once there. Probably worse off. Life can get really good. You don't need religion or your parents or anyone telling you how to live. Work towards greatness and stay committed, challenge the quo and strive to achieve the impossible.. It's fun. Strive to be creative, don't take the easy way out. Don't go for the look, sound or feel that your favourite creator developed, develop your own. Innovate, create, inspire, motivate, change, alter, feel.. and never forget to ask yourself the following questions on a daily basis, "What am I doing?, how am I adding value to peoples lives?, how am I giving back to the world?, how will I step away from average and normal?", because at the end of the day you want to be known as yourself and not the man who imitated Steven Spielberg.
And never forget to strive to achieve the impossible.. It's fun. - Its the attention to detail that separates successes and failures.
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