Aqsa + John X.

Aqsa Altaf and John X. Carey are a directing team based in Los Angeles. Aqsa was raised in Kuwait by Muslim, South Asian parents while John grew up the son of writers in a small town in the US. Aqsa and John have directed documentaries and commercials for clients like Apple, Under Armour, Google, Disney, Chime, and Amazon.

John’s revered short film ‘Dove Real Beauty Sketches’ accumulated over 150 million views on YouTube within one month of its release and was officially titled the most viewed commercial of all time. Aqsa wrote and directed the Disney short film, AMERICAN EID, for Season 1 of the NAACP Image Awards nominated series Disney Launchpad.

Lately, they’ve been creating narrative projects that are a marriage of human interest topics and genre. They love telling diverse stories that are universally accessible. Currently, they are developing a TV series at a major studio based on a short film they wrote and directed.