Rizkallah Aoun has a diverse work experience in the media industry. Rizkallah began their career in 2011 as a Freelance Camera Operator, Art director, and Editor at FishEye Media Lab. In 2012, they attended a 10-day workshop in Cinematography at the Lebanese Film Academy.
From 2013 to 2018, Aoun worked on various projects. Rizkallah was a Writer, Director, and Segment Editor for the University film final project, Pandora Films, and Mediasquare. Rizkallah also worked as a Writer, Researcher, Story Editor, and Actor in the comedy show "Super Lebnene" at I-Magic (The Factory) and PAC (LBCI) and as a Segment Director and Segment Editor at Pulse Production.
Aoun's experience also includes work on international productions. In 2015, they worked as an Assistant Camera on CNN's Anthony Bourdain show "Parts Unknown" (Beirut's Episode). Rizkallah assisted the DOPs in Lighting and Sound. In 2016, they worked as an Assistant Camera and Production Assistant on a 13-day documentary project about the Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani for Al Jazeera Media Network and Road2films. Rizkallah also assisted the DOP in Lighting and the production manager in Production.
In 2018, Aoun served as a Graphics Animator on Resolume Arena for the Fadi Reaidy Show (Lebanese Comedian), handling coordination between graphic designers and Mr. Reaidy. Rizkallah also worked as an Ingest Operator for the Middle East Broadcasting Center, where they managed Nexis and Avid systems and captured a significant amount of MBC's work in Lebanon from tapes and sent them into the Avid Shared Library. Rizkallah anticipated work in Avid Archive.
Throughout their career, Aoun gained experience working with various cameras and equipment, such as Red epic, Arri Alexa, Arri Amira, Arri Alexa Mini, Sony F3, Sony F5, Canon C300 Mark I and Mark II, Phantom High-Speed, and many others.
Rizkallah Aoun's education history can be summarized as follows:
Rizkallah Aoun attended the College Saint Joseph Antoura from 1994 to 2007, where they specialized in Math and Physics and obtained a Lebanese Baccalaureate degree.
Following that, Rizkallah Aoun enrolled at Notre Dame University - Louaize (NDU) from 2007 to 2010, pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. However, it is unclear whether they completed the degree as it was mentioned as "pending" in the provided information.
Later, from 2010 to 2013, Rizkallah Aoun attended the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik - USEK, where they pursued a degree in Visual and scenic arts with a focus on Cinema and Television. Rizkallah'sfield of study during this period was Cinematography and Film/Video Production.
In addition to their formal education, Rizkallah Aoun obtained several certifications. In 2011, they completed a Cinematography course at the Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle et des techniques de diffusion (INSAS), and in 2012, they completed a second Cinematography course at the same institution. Additionally, in 2016, they obtained a certification in TV Directing from Director's Kcut.
It should be noted that no further information was provided regarding any additional educational experiences or qualifications beyond what was mentioned above.
January, 2020 - present
August, 2018