Misaq Kazimi is a creative director and producer with a Masters degree and fifteen years of experience in the media space. A TV series which he wrote/directed an episode of as a student won a regional Emmy® award.

In 2007, Kazimi produced his first feature-length documentary, “16 Days in Afghanistan,” screened at several universities and museums, including the British Museum. In 2012, he distributed Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s film “The Gardener” across American theaters, leading it to an Oscar® consideration.

Kazimi curated the Dawn Breakers Int’l Film Festival, nominated by MovieMaker magazine as a top ‘Social Cause Film Festival’.

In 2015, a startup Kazimi founded received venture capital funding, placing him among the top 1% of
entrepreneurs in the US who receive venture capital.

In 2016, Kazimi was a founding member at World Is One News TV, India’s first English news channel, where he also hosted a talk show. In 2018, he created a web series in virtual reality with Facebook.

Kazimi’s recent projects include directing Steadfast, a historical film told through dance; and leading Balance Now, a think-tank aiming at increasing diversity and inclusion in leaderships of companies, government and organizations.

Kazimi was born in Kabul and raised in California.

• Led a non-profit think-tank on diversity & inclusion (Balance)
• Developed one of the world’s first virtual reality (vr) web series, in partnership with Facebook (Mindflipped)
• Led business & content strategy of India’s version of TED Talks, a company on Forbes 30 Under 30 list. (Josh Talks)
• Co-launched a BBC-like network in South Asia, now broadcasting to 40+ countries. (WION/ZEE Media)
• Founded a start-up rising to the top 3% of companies that receive accelerator acceptance & funding. (Boomtown Accelerators)
• Designed the theatrical marketing strategy & led the distribution of a feature film by renewed director. (The Gardener)
• Found a film festival, cultivating it to a top social-cause festival operating in North America & Europe. (Dawn Breakers Film Fest)
• Directed/Produced 2 feature-length docs & tv shows (KDK Factory)

My creative direction pans across documentaries, television, web videos & virtual reality that has reached a cumulative audience of one billion and counting.

Here are a few you should know about:

• Steadfast (director) | a film with an Emmy-winning producer
• Mind Flipped (vr) | 2 million views
• Josh Talks | (director/curator) 2 million YT subscribers
• Edge (creator) | 1 million YT subscribers
• Konversations (host) | broadcasted to 40+ countries
• The Gardener (marketer) | 20+ festivals official selections + awards
• 16 Days in Afghanistan (producer) | A top-seller on Amazon
• For a full list, please see imdb.

• #2030Challenge (sustainable life, Day 1 2 3 4 5, 65k+ audience)
• Humans of San Diego (100 human stories, 3.5k audience)

There are 1.5 billion websites on the planet that you can be on right now, so I thank you for being here!