Firas Haidar is a filmmaker, photographer, and video journalist based in Beirut, Lebanon.

After graduating from the American University of Beirut with a bachelor’s degree in computer and communications engineering in 2018, Firas chose to pursue his passion and become a filmmaker, working on short films, music videos, documentaries, and alternative news reports.

Firas is currently working on his fiction short film, Moth, and a short documentary for Beirut Today. He was present on the ground throughout the events that Lebanon witnessed in the past two years. He documented the October 17 Uprising and popular movements for Megaphone News by filming, writing, producing, and editing investigative reports and news packages. He covered the August 4 Blast and its ongoing investigation as a cameraman for Sky News. And, in between those projects, he worked for Vice, RTL Nieuws, The AUB Theater Initiative, Carnegie Middle East Center, Anti-Racism Movement, Arab News, Beirut Today, and others.