Ahmad Abdalla

Ahmad Abdalla
Born
Ahmad Abdalla El Sayed

(1979-12-19) December 19, 1979 (age 44)
Other namesAhmed Abdallah
Occupation(s)Film Director, Script Writer, Film Editor
Years active2009–present
Notable workHeliopolis, Microphone, Rags and Tatters
Websitewww.ahmadabdalla.net

Ahmad Abdalla El Sayed Abdelkader (Arabic: أحمد عبد الله السيد) (born on December 19, 1979, Cairo) is an Egyptian film director, editor and screenwriter.

His debut feature film is Heliopolis (2009); his second film is Microphone (2010). He studied music in the 1990s and began working as a film editor in 1999. He moved to feature-length films in 2002 and began doubling as a visual effects supervisor and credits designer.

He was winner of the Best First screenplay Award of Sawiris Foundation in Cairo 2008 for Heliopolis. His upcoming film Rags and Tatters has been selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[1][2]

Participated as a jury member in some film festivals like London Film Festival in the 2014 Edition and Carthage film festival and others. Had his first retrospective in Singapore international film festival in 2014.

  1. ^ "Rags and Tatters". TIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-09-03. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
  2. ^ "Toronto Adds 75+ Titles To 2013 Edition". Indiewire. Retrieved 2013-08-26.