Ahmed El Nahas

An Egyptian director and screenwriter, born in 1950, he obtained a bachelor’s degree from the Screenplay Department at the Higher Institute of Cinema in 1977. He started as an assistant director with a number of directors during his studies at the institute since 1975, including Kamal Al-Sheikh, Ahmed Fouad, and Mohamed Rady. Ahmed Al-Nahhas directed his first feature film in 1984, which was (The Lost Plane), then he followed it with the films (The Scoundrels, The Two Prisoners, The Devil, and The Heart and What It Loves). Since the mid-nineties, Ahmed Al-Nahhas has devoted himself to directing television series, and among his most prominent works are: (Al-Watad, Salma Ya Salama, Tales of Al-Mandash, and Al-Khafafeesh).