Fouad Said

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Fouad Said
Born1933 (age 8687)
Nationality Egyptian
Occupation Film producer, cinematographer, filmmaker

Fouad Said (born 1933) is an Egyptian producer, cinematographer and filmmaker.

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Early life and education

Said graduated from USC School of Cinematic Arts. [1] He received his master's degree from University of Southern California in 1973. [2] He completed his thesis on the diversification of the Cinemobile Systems company from equipment truck production to film production. [2]

Career

He is best known for inventing Cinemobile, a mobile movie studio, which was developed on the set of the TV series I Spy and proved influential in Hollywood.[ citation needed ] Said conceived of the precursor to the Cinemobile while working for producer Sheldon Leonard in Hong Kong. [1] He converted a Ford econoline panel truck so that it would load onto cargo planes and filled it with all the necessary equipments, such as cameras and generators. [1] He later earned a Scientific and Engineering Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1969 "for the design and introduction of the Cinemobile series of equipment trucks for location motion picture production". [3] [4] [5]

Said funded a development studio with $10 million in outside investment. [6] Taft Broadcasting later became the parent company of the studio, with United Artists Theatre Group and Hemdale Film Corporation as investors. [6]

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  2. 1 2 "The diversification of Cinemobile Systems Inc. into feature film production :: University of Southern California Dissertations and Theses". digitallibrary.usc.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
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  5. Dick Hobson, "Little Fou's Big Revolution" TV Guide 23 March 1968 accessed 12 July 2014
  6. 1 2 Field, Syd (1994). Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting Expanded Edition . Dell Publishing. ISBN   0-440-57647-4.