Karim El Shenawy
Biography
Egyptian director born in Cairo on 28 September. He graduated from the Faculty of Mass Communication - Cairo University in 2007, after which he traveled to London to study filmmaking. He served as AD on works such as Asmaa, and Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician. He directed his first short film Odd in 2013, which was screened at several film festivals.
Known For & Full Filmography2 Titles
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Shows how today's Egyptian filmmakers, through fiction, documentary or participatory journalism, take action in the long and difficult process of transformation that is Revolution in their country.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An aspirational young man chose to change careers and start a farm at Kilo 64 on the Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road after graduating from the Faculty of Pharmacy. Driven by enthusiasm after the 2011 Egyptian revolution, Wael El-Shenawy, then 24 years old, was driven by passion to create an agricultural startup to improve society and boost the Egyptian economy. However, things do not go as planned.