Marwan Hamed

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.

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

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. His last released film is The Originals starting Khaled el Sawy, Maged el Kedwany and Menna Shalby

References
  1. Adil M. Asgarov, 'Hamed, Marwan (1977–)', Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa.  – via HighBeam (subscription required)



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