Fouad Kargbo is a human rights activist, producer and director for television broadcast programs and documentary films, screenwriter and cinematographer. He graduated from the Milton Margai College of Science and Technology where he studied Electricals and Electronics. He chose to attend practical courses on cinema and filmmaking from a variety of expert trainers since there is no film school in Sierra Leone. Fouad studied 3D animation and CGI with the Sierra Leone International Film Festival, and documentary filmmaking with the African Film Festival of NYC. Fouad worked in different non-governmental organizations and has produced several feature and short films namely Mporah, Battle for Supremacy, Jemaimah, Gbanabom, Dream Girl and Corvet. He also produced and directed different television programs, such as Parliament and the people, Ar-Risalah, Vocal Drift Inspire and This Day. Fouad also worked as an assistant cameraman on Survivors, produced by WeOwnTV. Survivors was Sierra Leone’s first international documentary film to be nominated for the Emmys. Back to the Scars is his first international documentary as a producer.
