Marwan Hamed

Marwan Hamed
Born (1977-05-29) May 29, 1977 (age 47)
Cairo, Egypt
NationalityEgyptian
Occupationfilm director
Parents
  • Wahid Hamed (father)
  • Zeinab Sweidan (mother)

Marwan Hamed (Arabic: مروان حامد; born May 29, 1977) is an Egyptian film director.[1] He is the son of author Wahid Hamed and journalist Zeinab Sweidan. His debut was a short film entitled Li Li followed by a major feature film entitled The Yacoubian Building based on a novel by Alaa Al Aswany and starring Adel Emam.

He has taken part in direction of the series Lahzat Harija and has filmed a music video for Amr Diab.

The Yacoubian Building was followed by Ibrahim Labyad starring Ahmed El-Sakka and Hend Sabry and was released in 2009. Then he released The Blue Elephant starring actor Karim Abdel Aziz and Khaled Al Sawy, and is based on Ahmed Mourad's novel of the same name. In 2017 he released The Originals starting Khaled el Sawy, Maged el Kedwany and Menna Shalby.

  1. ^ Adil M. Asgarov, 'Hamed, Marwan (1977–)', Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa.