For the first decade of my life, my family moved to a new city every year — we did halloween in Egypt and Ramadan in Santa Cruz, California. I came of age in a small tourist-trap town nestled between the metaphysical red rocks of northern Arizona. On my tenth birthday, my mom bought me a polaroid camera. One camera begot another and soon all of my allowance was spent at the Walgreens photo department.
Mustafa studied at USC’s esteemed School of Cinematic Arts, earning a bachelor’s degree in Film & TV Production. He is the Senior Video Producer at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles where he produces and directs short films, documentaries and interactive content.