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Khairy Beshara (b. 1947)

Alias:
Khairy Beshara
خيري بشارة

Birthplace:
Tanta, Egypt

Born:
June 30, 1947

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Production

Assistant Director:
1969  Diary of a Country Prosecutor

Director:
1969  Diary of a Country Prosecutor
1974  The Tank Hunter
1975  The Countryside Doctor
1982  Bloody Destinies
1982  Houseboat No. 70
1986  The Collar and the Bracelet
1988  Bitter Day, Sweet Day
1990  Kaborya
1991  Untamed Desire
1992  Ice Cream in Glim
1993  America Chica Pica
1994  Strawberry War
1995  Nutshells
1996  Traffic Light
2003  A matter of principle
2012  Moondog
2023  Memories of Hani Shenouda

Idea:
1969  Diary of a Country Prosecutor
1974  The Tank Hunter
1975  The Countryside Doctor
1982  Bloody Destinies
1982  Houseboat No. 70
1986  The Collar and the Bracelet
1988  Bitter Day, Sweet Day
1990  Kaborya
1991  Untamed Desire
1992  Ice Cream in Glim
1993  America Chica Pica
1994  Strawberry War
1995  Nutshells
1996  Traffic Light
2003  A matter of principle
2012  Moondog
2023  Memories of Hani Shenouda

Story:
1969  Diary of a Country Prosecutor
1974  The Tank Hunter
1975  The Countryside Doctor
1982  Bloody Destinies
1982  Houseboat No. 70
1986  The Collar and the Bracelet
1988  Bitter Day, Sweet Day
1990  Kaborya
1991  Untamed Desire
1992  Ice Cream in Glim
1993  America Chica Pica
1994  Strawberry War
1995  Nutshells
1996  Traffic Light
2003  A matter of principle
2012  Moondog
2023  Memories of Hani Shenouda

Writer:
1969  Diary of a Country Prosecutor
1974  The Tank Hunter
1975  The Countryside Doctor
1982  Bloody Destinies
1982  Houseboat No. 70
1986  The Collar and the Bracelet
1988  Bitter Day, Sweet Day
1990  Kaborya
1991  Untamed Desire
1992  Ice Cream in Glim
1993  America Chica Pica
1994  Strawberry War
1995  Nutshells
1996  Traffic Light
2003  A matter of principle
2012  Moondog
2023  Memories of Hani Shenouda

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Director:
2010  Soft Life
2013  A Girl Named Zat
2013  The Second Wife
2017  The Flood
2018  Karma's Curse
2021  The Swallow
2022  Love, Life & Everything in Between

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