Malik Hassan Sayeed

Who is Malik Hassan Sayeed?

Malik Hassan Sayeed is an American cinematographer and video producer. Shooting for Spike Lee, Stanley Kubrick and Andrew Niccol, the young cinematographer garnered accolades and award nominations alike, including the highly regarded Best Cinematography nomination from the IFP.

Sayeed has directed videos for Lauryn Hill, Jay-Z, Prince, D'Angelo, and Youssou N’Dour with Wyclef Jean. “Ex-Factor”, for Lauryn Hill, was nominated for 3 MVPA Awards and won 2 Billboard Music Video Awards. Recognizing Sayeed’s originality, Hill commissioned him again on three more music videos, in addition to a documentary.

In the fall of 2001, superstar artists Gwen Stefani, Bono, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, Fred Durst, The Backstreet Boys, Ja Rule, Nelly, Britney Spears, Nelly Furtado, P. Diddy and others gathered in New York City to record a new version of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On”. Sayeed and co-director Jake Scott not only crafted a call to the world for AIDS awareness, but also brought home the Best R&B video from the 2002 MVPA Awards for their efforts.