Film Director
Egypt
Born 1963 in Suez; he graduated from the Faculty of Law in Cairo University in 1987, then moved to the UK, in 1989, where he obtained a postgraduate diploma in directing and screenwriting from Beaconsfield School. In the UK, he wrote and directed “Room to Rent”, starring the American Juliette Lewis and the Moroccan Saïd Taghmaoui, then returned to Egypt to make several award winning films. His films have been shown in more than 150 international film festivals (Cannes, Montreal, New York, Rotterdam), winning thirty-five awards at the international and local levels.
