Malik Nejer

Malik Nejer 🎬✨

 

Saudi Designer, Director, and Producer of Animated Films

📅 Born: February 4, 1985 (Age 40)

🏡 Birthplace: Al-Dawadmi, Saudi Arabia

📍 Residence: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

🌍 Nationality: Saudi

🕌 Religion: Muslim

👨‍🎓 Education: King Saud University (College of Administrative Sciences – Law, formerly)

💼 Occupation: Animator, Voice Actor, Director, Producer

🗣️ Languages: Arabic, English

⭐ Known for: Masameer, Sanbar

🎨 Current Position: Chief Creative Officer at Myrcott Studio (co-founded with Abdulaziz Almuzaini in 2014)

 

🏫 Education

 

2004: Enrolled at King Saud University (originally wished to study Fine Arts).

 

Studied Law at the College of Administrative Sciences for a year and a half before dropping out.

 

Started working in advertising after leaving university.

 

💼 Career

 

Collaborated with Sabq Newspaper to produce short weekly animated films.

 

Worked in major agencies such as:

 

Leo Burnett (USA)

 

Young & Rubicam

 

Contributed to the rebranding of MTC (now Zain).

 

Worked at Mobily supervising the development of its official website.

 

By the end of 2009: Founded his own animation studio.

 

First projects: short animated clips for MBC’s Komedo program.

 

Later created Masameer, the first Saudi animated series distributed online, on YouTube, and Netflix, with high production quality.

 

🎭 Contributions

 

Hosted by the Riyadh Literary Club to celebrate his creative journey.

 

🎬 Artistic Works

📺 Series

 

Masameer (YouTube – 2011)

 

Ya’rub (YouTube – 2018)

 

Masameer County (Netflix – 2021)

 

🎥 Films

 

Masameer: The Movie (Netflix – 2020)

 

Head-to-Head (Raas Biraas) (2023)

 

🎙️ Voice Acting

 

Voiced several animated characters, especially in:

 

Masameer

 

Ya’rub

 

Masameer County

 

🎥 Directing

 

Film Head-to-Head (Raas Biraas) (2023)

 

🎭 Acting

 

Film Head-to-Head (Raas Biraas) (2023)

 

📢 Public Stances & Experiences

 

🐦 Twitter: In August 2021, announced his departure after 12 years, saying he gained nothing and became addicted to it.

 

📺 YouTube: In January 2020, announced that Masameer would no longer be on YouTube, shifting to paid content platforms like cinema and Netflix.

 

🎞️ Netflix: In August 2023, stated that the success of Head-to-Head in Saudi Arabia was fueled by the popularity of Masameer.

 

😂 Comedy: Introduced a different style of comedy in Head-to-Head, focusing on dynamic storytelling and character-driven humor, unlike the punchline-heavy style common in Egyptian cinema.