Hisham Abdel Khalek
Hisham Abdel Khalek () is an Egyptian film producer, director and scriptwriter who lives in Paris, France. Born as Hisham Ahmed Abdel Khalek Matook () on the 25th of December 1979 - Giza, Egypt
Biography
He studied computer science and graduated from the Modern Academy in Maadi – Egypt. At age of 18, he started his career in the art field and opened the first Arabic e-magazine named “Alam El Fonoun”. At the age of 19, he joined the team of Alexandria International Film Festival as public relation director and became the year after the artistic director of the festival.
In 2002, he was involved in the production of opera “Aida” in Doha, Qatar and “Aida” under the pyramids of Giza (Egypt) as the artistic director. He produced a series of operas and classic music concerts in Egypt, Syria, Dubai and other countries. His operatic repertoire includes 20 operas ranging from Aida, Tosca, Carmen, Rigoletto, La Traviata, La Boheme to Turandot.
He also founded the international anima
tion celebration in Dubai. He worked as a consultant and director of many companies including Studio 7 productions, Nile Cinema, Star Animation, Mizalat, Capacity World and others. In 2003 he founded his own production company “AraMage Artistic Production” in Damascus, Syria then moved to Cairo, Egypt. He produced and distributed more than 20 films, short movies and documentaries. He is a consultant of 23 international film festivals in Europe, Asia, Africa and America. He participated as a jury member in many international film festivals.
He is currently writing and producing a movie called “To Whom it May Concern” to be directed by Khaled El Hagar. He is also associate / artistic producer and co-scriptwriter of the adaptation for cinema of opera “Aida” in animation by Philippe Druillet, and Guillaume Hecht, a French (Guillaume Hecht)-Belgian (Jean-Luc Van Damme) co-production., a Franco Belgium co production. In 2008, he co-founded with Olivier Delesse their production company "So Freakantastik", a French production house. Finally, he is also consultant with Salon du Cinéma (Paris Cinema Fair) since 2008.
Hisham Abdel Khalek Filmographie:
Producer
2009 – Salam Ya Joe – by Hisham Abdel Khalek
2008 – Fatoush – by Hisham Abdel Khalek
2008 – Destinée – by Hisham Abdel Khalek
2005 – Healing Power – by Ramses Marzouk
2004 – 3029 TD - by Rosh Abdelfatah
2004 – Dag - by Rosh Abdelfatah
Scriptwriter
2010 – Aida – Philippe Druillet and Guillaume Hecht
2009 – Salam Ya Joe – Hisham Abdel Khalek
2008 – Fatoush – Hisham Abdel Khalek
2008 – To whom it may concern – Khaled El Hagar
2008 – Un Siècle de Cinéma Egyptien – Hisham Abdel Khalek
2008 – Dalida, Queen of the Nile – Hisham Abdel Khalek
Director
2009 – Salam Ya Joe (7’)
3ème Salon du cinéma à Paris 2008 – Fatoush (10’)
3ème Salon du cinéma à Paris
24ème Marché du film court - Festival International du Court Métrage - Clermont-Ferrand
10ème Marché du film court - Festival Tous Courts
Marché du film - 23e édition du Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest
2008 – Destinée (15')
Short Film Corner 2008 – Cannes Film Festival
15th International Short Film Market Cinema Jove
19º Festival Internacional de Curtas de São Paulo - Brazil 2006 – Ramses the last pharoh of Al Rahamesa (52’)
2005 – Love is hard, a video clip of Gasser (2’)
2004 – Images of war, short documentary (6’)
2002 – Making of Aida Qatar (25’)
2002 – Making of Aida Pyramids (25’)
2000 – Portrait for Alexandria Film Festival about Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Faten Hama and Naguib Mahfouz (3’)
References
External links
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