Biographies: Khaled El Sawy - Actor

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Egyptian actor, born in Alexandria in 1963. He studied law at Cairo University, where he started acting on the university's theater, and after graduating in 1985, he studied directing at the Academy of Arts till 1993. He then started working as an assistant director on the film A Fish and 4 Sharks, then as a director for several of the Nile International network's satellite channels. El Sawy co-founded the Egyptian Foundation for Theater Enthusiasts. He wrote and directed the plays Party of the Crazy, and The Dolphin Operetta, for which he won the Taymour Award for Theatrical Ingenuity in 1991 and 1992 respectively. He is also a talented novelist, playwright and poet, as he has several revolutionary poems. His notable film credits include The Yacoubian Building, The Wedding, and The Triplets. His television credits include Al-Maraghy's Law, The People of Cairo, and Cairo: Kabul.

• 27 August 2014
• Tarek Sharkawy