A.B. SHAWKY

A.B. Shawky is an Egyptian-Austrian filmmaker based in Cairo and New York. Past projects include Hulu's The Looming Tower where he worked as a Writers' Assistant and Arabic Consultant. He is the first Egyptian director to go to Cannes with a first feature. He is also an avid soccer fan who always supports the underdog, and is rarely impressed.

education

New York University | Tisch School of the Arts

 MFA, Film Production

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American University in Cairo

 BA, Political Science

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Higher Institute of Cinema | Egypt

 BFA, Directing

filmography

Yomeddine (2018) | fiction feature | writer/director

• ​ Cannes Film Festival - world premiere

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Things I Heard on Wednesdays (2012) | documentary short | writer/director

• Palm Springs International Film Festival

• New York Film Festival

• Krakow Film Festival

• European Independent Film Festival

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Martyr Friday (2011) | fiction short | writer/director

• Palm Springs International Film Festival

• Raindance Film Festival

• American International Film Festival

• Manhattan Short Fest

• Al Jazeera Documentary Film Festival

• Skepto Film Festival

• Angelus Film Festival

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The Colony (2008) | documentary short | writer/director

• Cairo National Film Festival

  • Best Short Documentary​​​​

• Las Vegas International Film Festival

  • ​Golden Ace Award​

• Houston International FIlm Festival

  • Bronze Remi Award

• Ismailia International Film Festival

  • Best Arab Documentary Award​

  • Jury Award

• Port Said Film Festival

  • Silver Award

• Rencontres de L'image Festival

• Alexandria International Film Festival

• Rotterdam Arab Film Festival

• London Young Film Festival

• Arabische Filmnächte Winterthur

• The Art Factory Tokyo