Muhammad Ali Hasan is an award winning Film Director and Screenwriter. Hasan owns the film production company RABIA LLC, a small business based in Colorado. In working as a filmmaker, Hasan has won 36 awards for his film directing, including Grand Jury Honors from the Provincetown Film Festival, Best Film Honors from the Breckenridge Festival of Film, and Honors from the Seattle True Independent Film Festival. Hasan's latest film, RABIA, is currently being distributed worldwide by Elypse Films and has also been archived by the Brooklyn Arts Council into their permanent collection.

Hasan's latest film, BENAZIR, a biopic about Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, is in development. The screenplay to BENAZIR, written by Hasan, has received recognition from Creative Screenwriting Magazine, through their AAA honors, as well as recognition from Script Savvy and The Writers Place.

Hasan has served as a public school teacher (TYRO) in Los Angeles at Franklin High School of LAUSD. As a political pundit, Hasan was a regular guest on Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, as well as CNBC's The Dennis Miller Show. Hasan has appeared frequently on Fox News and currently provides commentary to BBC Radio. Hasan's political writings regularly appear in the Vail Daily.

A candidate for public office in 2008, Ali ran as a Republican in Colorado's House District 56, encompassing Summit, Eagle, and Lake Counties, where he received 47% of the total vote, winning his home area of Eagle County, as well as receiving the endorsement of the Vail Daily. Ali proudly notes his knocking on 22,000 doors throughout House District 56 as his proudest campaign work.

An expert snowboarder, Hasan received his BA from Occidental College and a Masters in Film Directing from Chapman University. Hasan was born in Pueblo and raised in Pueblo, Denver, and Eagle County of Colorado. He currently lives in Eagle County with his dog, Deelya Wildfire. Ultimately, Hasan hopes to be instrumental in the creation of world peace.

MUHAMMAD ALI HASAN LONG BIO:

Around one year after swearing herself in as a citizen of the United States of America, Seeme Gull Hasan gave birth, on July 4th of 1980, to an All-American baby boy in Pueblo, Colorado. She named this boy Muhammad Ali Hasan.

Hasan grew up in the steel mill town of Pueblo, Colorado, where he spent most of his days attached to his mother's hip, sitting in on all of her social work activities. It was here where Hasan learned the importance of bettering our communities through volunteering. The Hasan family eventually bought a home in Eagle County when Hasan was 10-years-old and his love for the Western Slope grew with each passing year.

Hasan has a strong history of activism in the Western Slope. In the summer of 2007, despite disagreeing with officials from his own Republican Party, Hasan campaigned against the Roan Plateau plan that would have increased drilling on the plateau, while sending 50% of the royalties to a Higher Education Fund on the Front Range. Through the efforts of Hasan and his team, the plan was eventually abandoned, a victory for the Western Slope!

Hasan campaigned against the Home Rule plan for Eagle County, in the spring of 2007, by writing articles in the Vail Daily. His proudest activism to date is his work on the Teachers Advancement Program of Eagle County Schools. Hasan organized concerned parents and teachers and helped to open a dialogue between the Eagle County School Board and concerned teachers. In the fall of 2007, it was announced that changes would be made to the Teacher Advancement Program, in the interest of benefiting teachers. It was a proud achievement for Hasan, as well as many parents and teachers.

Hasan pursued his college education in Los Angeles, where he graduated from Occidental College. As an Independent Pattern of Study student, Hasan designed his own major that combined education, environmental science, and filmmaking all into one major, which he called Urban & Environmental Filmmaking.

As an education student, he served as a tyro-teacher at Franklin High School of the Los Angeles Unified Public School District, where he taught in an economically-disadvantaged area of Los Angeles. As an environmental scientist, he worked directly with Dr. James Sadd in assisting the development of geographic information systems analysis for the State of California. And as a filmmaker, he created award winning short films.

Hasan attained his Master's in Film Directing degree from Chapman University in the spring of 2007. While at Chapman, Hasan opened his Colorado-based film company, Rabia LLC. In 2006, the Coca-Cola Corporation recognized Hasan as a Refreshing Filmmaker Finalist. In 2007, Panavision designated him as an Emerging Filmmaker. Hasan's latest film, RABIA, is currently traveling the film festival circuit.

In the past, Hasan has served as a national political commentator on issues dealing with the War On Terror. Hasan was a regular guest on Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect and CNBC’s The Dennis Miller Show. Hasan still provides commentary to Fox News, BBC Radio, and GEO-TV of the Muslim World. Hasan’s travels to the Muslim World inspired him to open the Muslims For America Think Tank, with his mother, in 2005. The group advised American politicians on issues dealing with the War On Terror.

Hasan is a Sufi Muslim, who strongly believes in interfaith practice, adhering to the principles of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Hasan is an expert snowboarder and likes to think of himself as a budding comedian. He resides in Eagle County with his dog, Deelya Wildfire. Hasan was born on July 4th of 1980 in Pueblo, Colorado.