Born in Libya to Palestinian parents, Abdulshakoor Adnan El-Akkad is a filmmaker and writer who studied cinema at Bahcesehir University in Istanbul.
Throughout his filmmaking career, he worked as a freelance director on documentary films that were broadcast on international media channels.
In 2021, he finished working on his first documentary, THE SUN IN MY SHADOW, and is currently working on the scripts of a number of under-development projects.