Ziyaad Jina
- Director
- Actor
- Editor
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Ziyaad has been involved in many industries but always had a desire for story telling. Ziyaad has an Engineering Degree from the University of Witwatersrand and an MBA from the Gordon Institute of Business Science. Shifting from business and engineering, Ziyaad decided to focus on his passion for filmmaking. He co-founded LockdownZA Productions in South Africa, with Zeeshan Khalique, Paul Mathai and Daniel Harris, where he developed his skills as a filmmaker. In 2020, during the pandemic, Ziyaad had his filming making debut through writing, directing and co-starring in The Lockdown (2021), a ScreenLife Genre, found footage, thriller film, capturing the psychological effects of the pandemic on a group of four friends