Filmmaker. Storyteller of modern Egypt.
Khaled Youssef
EST. 1964
Khaled Youssef is one of the defining voices of contemporary Egyptian cinema. His films interrogate class, conscience, and the moral weight of a country in transition — told with the patience of a novelist and the precision of a documentarian.
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View all →Principal photography wraps on new feature
Production has completed in Cairo and Port Said on the director's first feature in five years, a working-class drama set in 2011.
Cairo retrospective opens this fall
A six-week retrospective will screen restored prints of the director's nine features at the Cairo Opera House.
Lifetime achievement award at El Gouna
El Gouna Film Festival honored Khaled Youssef with its lifetime achievement award.