Hakeem Khaaliq is an award-winning film director, producer, visual anthropologist, and cinematographer born and raised in South Central Los Angeles. He is known for his work producing and directing documentaries, music videos, and short films. Khaaliq began his career in the music industry as a music producer and music supervisor for television before transitioning to filmmaking.
Khaaliq has directed and produced numerous documentary films that focus on pressing global issues, as well as working on commercial projects for well-known brands and celebrities, including Adidas, Snoop Dogg, Kobe Bryant, and pop icon Michael Jackson. He has been honored with several awards, including Best of the Fest at the Hip Hop Film Festival, and has spoken at prestigious events such as TEDx, MoMA (Museum of Modern Art), and the Sundance Film Festival. More recently, Khaaliq has been focusing on creative placemaking projects in American Samoa and three southern US states. Additionally, Khaaliq is the great nephew of prominent photographer Addison N. Scurlock and credits longtime family friend Howard Bingham and his mentor Jamel Shabazz as his greatest influences in the visual arts.
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Hakeem poses with Eagle Eye from the Cherokee Nation at the Indigenous People March in Washington DC on January 18th 2019
Hakeem Khaaliq filming in American Samoa in the village of Amouli
Hakeem with Queen Muhammad Ali in Parque-Museo La Venta.
Shooting in the desert
Posing with Television mogul Byron Allen
Rev Run of Run DMC
LT-RT Hakeem Khaaliq, Elena Ruíz Salinas, Dr. Runoko Rashidi in Cuajinicuilapa Mexico.
At Hip Hip summit with Chuck D
Jeff Washington, Hakeem Khaaliq, Mable Washington at Defy Film Festival Nashville, TN