- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- June 30, 1947
- Place of Birth
- Tanta, Egypt
Khairy Beshara
Khairy Beshara is an Egyptian film and television director. He was born and lived his first five years in Tanta, then moved to Cairo with his mother who worked there. He studied film directing at the High Institute of Cinema and graduated in 1967. He then worked as an assistant director, and moved to Poland for a year for his post-graduate studies, where he met his wife. Upon his return to Egypt, he continued working as an assistant director, in addition to teaching acting and screenwriting at the institute. In the period between 1974 and 1986, he directed 12 documentary and short fiction films. His first feature length film was an Egyptian-Algerian co-production, and took 4 years to produce. It finally premiered in 1982. He then went on to direct 11 other feature films, most of which were critically acclaimed and gained cult followings, and several television series.
Filmography
movieMemories of Hani Shenouda
2023 · , Director
movieAs for the Weather
2022
movieNational Day of Mourning in Mexico
2022 · Director
tvLove, Life & Everything in Between
2022 · Director
tvThe Swallow
2021 · Director
movieCurfew
2020
movieSunday at Five
2020
tvKarma's Curse
2018 · Director
movieKiss Me Not
2018
moviePhotocopy
2017 · Spectator at the Cinema
tvThe Flood
2017 · Director
movieBefore the Summer Crowds
2016 · Ossama
movieFactory Girl
2014
movieVilla 69
2013
tvA Girl Named Zat
2013 · Director
tvThe Second Wife
2013 · Director
movieMoondog
2012 · Director, Writer
tvSoft Life
2010 · , Director
movieDowntown Girls
2005
movieDouble Faces
2005 · Himself
movieBest Times
2004 · Himself
movieKlephty
2004 · Bar Owner
A Matter of Principle
tvA Matter of Principle
2003 · Editor, Director
movieTraffic Light
1996 · Director
movieVery Hot Day
1995
movieNutshells
1995 · Director
movieStrawberry War
1994 · Director, Writer
movieAmerica Abracadabra
1993 · Director, Story
movieIce Cream in Glim
1992 · Director
movieDilapidated Woman
1992 · Salem
movieKnight of the City
1992
movieEshtibah
1991
movieUntamed Desire
1991 · Director
movieSilence!
1991
movieKaborya
1990 · Director
movieNightmare
1989 · Safwat
movieThe Third Class
1988
movieDreams of Hind and Camilia
1988
movieBitter Day, Sweet Day
1988 · Director, Idea, Writer
movieThe Wife of an Important Man
1988 · Safwat
movieThe Collar and the Bracelet
1986 · Director, Writer
movieThe Vagabonds
1985
movieHalf a Rabbit
1983
movieHouseboat No. 70
1982 · Director, Writer
movieBloody Destinies
1982 · Director
movieA Dinner Date
1981 · رجل المزاد
movieSleepless Eyes
1981
movieA Bird on the Road
1981
The Countryside Doctor
movieThe Countryside Doctor
1975 · Director
movieThe Tank Hunter
1974 · Director
movieIn Desert and Wilderness
1973 · Assistant Director
movieDiary of a Country Prosecutor
1969 · Assistant Director