Khairy Beshara
Born: 1947-06-30 in Tanta, Egypt
Known For: Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2022
- Love, Life & Everything in Between ... (Director)
- National Day of Mourning in Mexico ... (Director)
- As for the Weather
2021
- The Swallow ... (Director)
2020
2018
- Karma's Curse ... (Director)
- Kiss Me Not
2016
- Before the Summer Crowds as Ossama
2014
2013
- A Girl Named Zat ... (Director)
- The Second Wife ... (Director)
- Villa 69
2012
- Moondog ... (Director)
2010
2005
- Downtown Girls
- Double Faces as Himself
2004
- Klephty as Bar Owner
- Best Times as Himself
2003
- A Matter of Principle ... (Editor)
1996
- Traffic Light ... (Director)
1995
- Nutshells ... (Director)
- Very Hot Day
1994
- Strawberry War ... (Director)
1993
- America Abracadabra ... (Director)
1992
- Dilapidated Woman as Salem
- Ice Cream in Glim ... (Director)
- Knight of the City
1991
- Silence!
- Untamed Desire ... (Director)
- Eshtibah
1990
- Kaborya ... (Director)
1989
- Nightmare as Safwat
1988
- Bitter Day, Sweet Day ... (Director)
- The Wife of an Important Man as Safwat
- Dreams of Hind and Camilia
- The Third Class
1986
- The Collar and the Bracelet ... (Director)
1985
1983
1982
- Houseboat No. 70 ... (Director)
- Bloody Destinies ... (Director)
1981
- Sleepless Eyes
- A Dinner Date as رجل المزاد
- A Bird on the Road
1975
- The Countryside Doctor ... (Director)
1974
- The Tank Hunter ... (Director)
1973
- In Desert and Wilderness ... (Assistant Director)
1969
- Diary of a Country Prosecutor ... (Assistant Director)