Ahmed Fouad Darwish

Egyptian director, screenwriter, producer, and novelist. He was born in Hadayek al-Qubba in Cairo on February 15, 1947. He studied at the English School in Suez. He graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema in 1967. He also graduated from the Faculty of Commerce at Cairo University in 1986. He obtained a postgraduate diploma in the Department of Journalism at Cairo University in 1970, and a postgraduate diploma at the University of Southern California. He taught cinema and its arts. In cinema institutes and media colleges in Egypt, he founded (the Arab Visual Company) in 1967, and directed a number of documentary films, including: (The Visual Encyclopedia of Pharaonic Civilization), (The Arab and Egyptian Petroleum Industry), and (The Suez Canal Authority). He also directed two feature films: (The Execution of a Secondary Student) in 1980, and (Sweetness of the Soul) in 1990.