Ehab Hegazi is an Egyptian writer and director. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University in 1999, Arts Division for Cinema and Theater. He collaborated with many young Egyptian actors. In 2004, he moved to Russia to study cinema at the Faculty of Film and Television Direction of Feature Films at the Russian State University of Cinematography and in 2010, he received a MBA in directing. He worked on several TV and film productions in Russia for many years. He's known for The Way Back (2010) and Silhouette (2013).