Wael Dabbous

Wael Dabbous is a UK-based journalist and Emmy Award-winning director with a background in directing and producing highly impactful non-fiction content. He has worked on a number of documentaries, including:

  • Frontline: Syria Undercover (2011) (Director): Together with Ramita Navai, Dabbous was awarded an Emmy for this film. Broadcast on PBS in the US, this documentary went undercover to show the reality of the uprising in Syria.[1]
  • Manhunt: Closing in on a British Paedophile (2013)(Director Producer): This documentary tells the story of the hunt for Simon Harris, a British paedophile who was living in Kenya. Harris was eventually convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

Dabbous has also been associated with a number of other documentary films broadcast on television, including documentaries on child prisoners in Burundi, broadcast on Channel 4 on free-to-air television in the UK[2]

Dabbous attended Moulsham High School in Chelmsford, Essex, in England.[3]

He has been a guest speaker at a number of events, including the Rory Peck Trust[4] and UK / Europe Network Meeting of DART Centre.[5]

Documentaries[6]

Year Title Role Notes Synopsis
2020 Hacker:Hunter - Olympic Destroyer Pt1
2014 Manhunt: Closing in on a British Paedophile Director/Producer Production country: United Kingdom

Production company: Quicksilver Media

The story of how Simon Harris was brought to justice for paedophile crimes committed in Africa. Transmitted on the day of his conviction.
2014 "Sierra Leone: Surviving Ebola" Director Production country: United Kingdom

Production company: Quicksilver Media

Report on the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone
2013 "The Jungle Midwife" Director Production country: United Kingdom

Production company: Quicksilver Media

Part of: Unreported World

Report by Seyi Rhodes on the work of a midwife in the Central African Republic, where rebels have overthrown the government, allowing medical teams in to previously inaccessible areas.
2013 "Afghanistan's Hunted Women" Director Production country: United Kingdom

Production company: Quicksilver Media

Part of: Unreported World

In the first episode of a new series of award-winning Unreported World, reporter Krishnan Guru-Murthy and director Wael Dabbous travel to Afghanistan, gaining rare access to the secret houses that shelter women hiding from violent husbands or from families who have tried to kill them for refusing to take part in arranged marriages. Improving women's rights was supposed to be one of the great legacies of Britain's involvement in Afghanistan, but Unreported World reveals that, as international forces start to pull out, powerful religious hardliners are trying to roll back new laws that protect women. ©Channel Four Publicity.
2013 "Saving Kenya's Street Kids" Director Production country: United Kingdom

Production company: Quicksilver Media

Part of: Unreported World

Aidan Hartley reports from his home town in Kenya on an extraordinary project to rescue the children who live on its streets. Together with director Wael Dabbous, Hartley highlights the inspiring work of the Restart Centre in Gilgil, which is providing a safe shelter for children at risk. The Restart Centre is run on a shoestring budget raised from private donations. Conditions are basic, but crucially, it represents safety for the 70 children who live there. Many of them ended up living rough as result of the bloody chaos that engulfed Kenya following disputed elections five years ago. More than 1000 people were killed, many families were broken up and thousands were made homeless. ©Channel Four Publicity
2012 "Burma: The Village that Took on the Generals" Director Production country: United Kingdom

Production company: Mentorn Barraclough Carey

Part of: Unreported World

Report by Evan Williams on a Burmeses village resisting the influx of foreign investors
2012 "Democratic Republic of Congo: Magic, Gangs & Wrestlers" Producer Production country: United Kingdom

Production company: Quicksilver Media

Part of: Unreported World

Documentary into the world of wrestling in the Democratic Republic in Congo.
2011 Undercover Syria Director Awards: News & Documentary Emmy Award (2012) Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine, Nomination: One World Media Award in the Television category (2012)

Production country: United Kingdom Production company: Quicksilver Media

Part of: Unreported World

Reporter Ramita Navai spends two weeks under cover with members of Syria's opposition movement, who are determined to overthrow President Assad's dictatorship.
2011 "Burundi: Boys Behind Bars" Director/Producer Shortlisted: One World Media Award (2012)

Production country: United Kingdom

Production company: Quicksilver Media

Part of: Unreported World

Report by Ramita Navai on the children locked up in prison in Burundi, east Africa and the work of rights campaigner Pierre-Claver Mbonimpa. (NFA Catalogue)
2010 Oil Disaster: The Rig That Blew Up Director Production countries: USA - United Kingdom

Production company: Pintsize Pictures

Documentary investigation into the first 36 hours of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, following the attempts of the salvage team to avert an environmental disaster. (NFA Catalogue) Documentary about the Deepwater Horizon disaster, where a BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, causing a massive environmental disaster as damaged underwater pipes spewed oil into the ocean for weeks. Follows the attempts of teams to fix the leak and the impact of the incident.
2010 Ship Rescue The Devon Disaster TV - Non Fiction - Production country: United Kingdom

Production company: Steadfast Television

Documentary following the attempts of the rescue services to stop the MSC Napoli ship grounding on the coast off Devon.

References

  1. ^ PBS Wins most News and Documentary Emmy Awards
  2. ^ Quicksilver Media Home
  3. ^ Student Wael Dabbous wins Emmy Award...
  4. ^ Loftin, Kaspar (10 September 2020). "Psychological First Aid: Mental Health Care Tips for Journalists". The Rory Peck Trust. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  5. ^ "UK / Europe Network Meeting".
  6. ^ "Collections Search | BFI | British Film Institute". collections-search.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2024.