About
Egyptian director and screenwriter whose career spanned over 30 years.
Before fame
He directed his first feature film The Vagabonds in 1985.
Trivia
He won best director for Al-Kit-Kat at the Biennale des Cinemas Arabes in Paris.
Family life
His father was a banker and his mother was a homemaker.
Associated with
He began directing films around the same time as British director Ridley Scott.
