Mina Samy is an Egyptian composer and music producer based in London and Cairo. He contributed as an additional composer to StudioCanal's upcoming documentary Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail, set to premiere on HBO, collaborating with award-winning composer Blair Mowat. His debut feature, Light: The Tale of Day's Family, has been selected as the opening film for the 4th edition of the prestigious Red Sea Film Festival and will also be featured in Berlinale Generation 2025. Mina is currently working on Stopped, a new documentary short produced by the Academy Award-winning UK production company Slick Films.

Starting as a self-taught musician in Egypt, Mina earned a full scholarship to pursue a master’s in Composition for Screen at the Royal College of Music in London. Graduating at the top of his class, he received the prestigious Joseph Horovitz Prize for his outstanding achievements.

Mina is an Academy Gold Fellow through the Jonas Gwangwa Music Composition Initiative and a participant in both the inaugural Composer Filmmaker Accelerator Program at the Vancouver International Film Festival and the Film Composers Lab with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Recently, he was invited to join the THRIVE development program, led by esteemed composer Lorne Balfe.

Mina’s compositions have garnered widespread recognition. He received a Silver Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Composition at the Global Music Awards. Additionally, he ranked among the top five composers in the 2024 Oticons Faculty International Film Music Competition and the Call for Score competition organized by the European Recording Orchestra.