Khalid Abdulqaadir is a Navy Veteran and former Intelligence Officer. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, an MBA, and a Master of International Relations. He's also a PhD candidate in American Studies focusing on film and literature. Khalid holds an Advanced Russian Language Studies certification and is proficient in Japanese and Arabic. As a writer, Khalid obtained a Professional Screenwriter Certificate from UCLA, is a Writers Guild Foundation's Veteran Writing Project graduate, and is certified as a screenplay analyst at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. As an essayist, he's published in the New York Times and Boston Globe. In 2024, Khalid's film won a jury-selected category at the American Black Film Festival. In 2025, he placed as a finalist in the Page International Screenwriting Competition, finalist in the Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition, and was the Final Draft Big Break TV Grand Prize Winner.