Malik Najjar is a Saudi designer, director, and producer of films and animations. He was born on (February 4, 1985) in Al-Dawadmi Governorate, Saudi Arabia. His name became famous after a series of short films called (Masameer), and he occupies the position of Chief Creative Officer at Merkut Studio, which he founded with Abdulaziz Al-Muzaini in 2014.
education
In 2004, he joined King Saud University, desiring to study at the College of Art Education, but the factor of luck stood in front of him and forced him to study law at the College of Administrative Sciences. After spending a year and a half, Malik left his university studies and started working in the field of advertising.
the job
He collaborated with Sabq electronic newspaper to produce short animated films on a weekly basis, but it did not last long.
He worked in large companies such as the American LeoPornet and also Young & Rubicam, then worked on the new identity of MTC, which is known today as Zain V, and then worked for Mobily, supervising the development of the company's website, before leaving the job permanently to devote itself to the production of cartoon films.
At the end of 2009, he launched his own production studio. The studio produces and develops cartoon series, and its first production was short cartoon clips for MBC that were shown on the Comedo program. Then he worked on producing the Masameer series, and it is considered the first Saudi cartoon series to be shown on the Internet, YouTube and Netflix, and it undergoes a high production process. craft.