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Associate Senior Lecturer on Screenwriting. Education: B.F.A., New York University. M.F.A., Rutgers University-Newark. MUSA SYEED was born and raised in Indiana. His feature films as writer/director include VALLEY OF SAINTS (Sundance Audience Award Winner) and A STRAY (SXSW Official Selection).
MUSA SYEED’s two feature films as writer/director, VALLEY OF SAINTS (Sundance Audience Award Winner) and A STRAY (SXSW Official Selection), were both New York Times Critics’ Picks. He was also a co-writer on the Sundance selection MENASHE, which was distributed by A24.
Dec 5, 2018 · Musa Syeed is an award-winning filmmaker and a Briggs-Copeland Lecturer in the English department. He graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and since...
Musa Syeed. Associate Senior Lecturer on Screenwriting. musa_syeed@fas.harvard.edu. All faculty. Arts and Humanities Division. The Division seeks to optimize both the ability of its faculty to pursue knowledge through the study of the arts and humanities and the opportunity of its students to share in that pursuit. Visit the Website.
Musa Syeed. FSC-Harvard Fellow 2019-20. Musa Syeed’s two feature films as writer/director, Valley of Saints (Sundance Audience Award Winner) and A Stray (SXSW Official Selection), were both New York Times Critics’ Picks. He was also a co-writer on the feature Menashe, which was distributed by A24.
Musa Syeed’s Valley of Saints is a film warmly awash in setting and culture. Filmed in Kashmir, within the aquatic trading community of Dal Lake, Valley follows Gulzar, a young ferry driver who dreams of moving out of Kashmir, until the arrival of a beautiful American scientist begins to complicate things.
Jan 27, 2019 · Sundance ’19 Interview: Musa Syeed on a Modern Portrait of an Ancient Faith Healer in “The Dispossessed” The director of “Valley of the Saints” and “A Stray” talks about returning to Kashmir and the world of documentary for this compelling short.
