Amman Abbasi is a Pakistani American film director and

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and filmmaker.

Career

As a film director, Abbasi’s first feature film was '' Dayveon''. The film had its premiere at the

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and was also showcased at the

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, in 2017. In 2021, Abbasi directed ''Udaan'', a short documentary about Baneen Khan, a female student from

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who begins her studies at

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. The documentary was premiered at

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. Abbasi returned in 2024 with his second feature, ''Yasmeen’s Element'', a 76-minute drama set in the

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region of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The film had its world premiere at the 2024

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(SXSW) and was featured in the Narrative Spotlight section. Amman Abbasi's first credited work as a film composer was for the 2009 documentary '' Warrior Champions: From Baghdad to Beijing''. He has scored his own feature films '' Dayveon'' and ''Yasmeen’s Element'' and worked as a music consultant for the ''Halloween'' film franchise. In 2023, Abbasi co-composed the score for the horror film '' The Exorcist: Believer'' alongside with

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; the work was later nominated at the

14th Hollywood Music in Media Awards The 14th Hollywood Music in Media Awards recognized the best in music in film, TV, video games, commercials, and trailers of 2023. The ceremony was held on November 15, 2023, at The Avalon in Hollywood. The nominations were announced on Novemb ...

in Best Original Score in a Horror Film category. His compositions have also appeared in other films, including ''The Wall'' (2010), ''Tragedy'' (2015), ''Shelter'' (2016), ''Meth Storm'' (2017), ''Saba'' (2024) and ''Yasmeen's Element'' (2024).

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