WSam Abbas is an Egyptian film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is noted for his artfully composed, poetic, and incident-lite tableaus film style.
WDaoud Abdel Sayed is an Egyptian director and screenwriter. He was born in Cairo in 1946. He started as the assistant of Youssef Chahine in The Land. He made several critically acclaimed films, and won several international awards notably for The Land of Fear which was produced in 1999.
WAziza Amir was an Egyptian actress, producer, and screenwriter. She has legendary status in Egyptian film.
WAndeel is an Egyptian cartoonist. His work has come into the forefront since the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
WMohamed Diab is an Egyptian screenwriter and director whose work often centers on pressing issues concerning Egyptian society. He is known for his directorial debut film Cairo 678 (Les Femmes du bus 678), which was released a month before the Egyptian revolution and was described by the New York Times as "unmistakably a harbinger of that revolution." Paulo Coehlo tweeted about the film calling it "brilliant" and saying "it should be mandatory for men, regardless of their religion/culture, to watch it".
WAbo El Seoud El Ebiary was an Egyptian comic screenwriter, playwright, lyricist, and journalist.
WMahmoud el-Meliguy was an Egyptian screenwriter and an actor of film, theater, and television. He started his career playing minor roles, but achieved stardom in the late 1930s. A popular and award-winning actor, he has acted in hundreds of films and was famous for his evil, villain roles.
WTogo Mizrahi was an Egyptian director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. Mizrahi was a prolific filmmaker best known for making popular comedies and musicals. Between 1930 and 1946, he directed 30 Arabic-speaking films and four Greek speaking films, and he produced several films directed by other filmmakers.
WFarid Shawqi Mohammad Abdou known as Farid Shawqi was an Egyptian actor, screenwriter and film producer. He acted in 351 films, 27 plays and 17 television series; wrote 25 film scripts; and produced 30 films. He is considered to be one of the greatest actors in the middle east.
WAnwar Wagdi or Wagdy, born Anwar Wagdi Yehia El Fattal }}), was an Egyptian actor, screenwriter, director and producer.
WEzzel Dine Zulficar was an Egyptian film director, screenwriter, actor and producer.
WMahmoud Zulfikar was an Egyptian film director and actor. He directed 40 films between 1947 and 1968. His 1964 film Soft Hands was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.