Ward Abdullah
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Biography
Ward Abdullah is a Syrian cinematographer and sound designer. Hisnotable work includes Oyster (2023) and The Taste of It (2024), both of which received acclaim at international film festivals in New York, Los Angeles, Cannes, and Venice. His latest credit is The Guest Room (2025), where he worked as a camera operator. Ward is known for his visual range, shooting films across a variety of genres and cultural contexts.
Known For
An argument between an unhappy couple, triggered by the consumption of a bad bunch of oysters, escalates into a heated fight, due to the wife's desire for a child that in reality serves as a metaphor for her unfulfilled need for freedom her unhappy marriage.
Oyster
When a group of strange salesmen arrive at his doorstep with shiny replacements for his home, an ordinary man slowly realizes that the products, and promises they offer, are much more sinister than it appears.
The Guest Room
Stirring the pot of solitude, a widow experiences a journey of rediscovery afterher only daughter moves out, navigating eviction and finding new beginnings when most chapters have closed.
The Taste of It
two kids plan to shoot out their school independently, show up at the same and end up debating on how to go on with the situation.