Ameen Nayfeh was born in Palestine in 1988. Despite an early interest in filmmaking, he first earned his B.S. in Nursing in 2010. Two years later, he graduated with an MFA from the Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts in Jordan with the goal of telling authentic stories from his region. He wrote, produced and directed award winning short films, and has been freelancing for film and TV production for the past 3 years.