Farid El Gendy

Egyptian director and author, born in 1912. He joined the directing department at Studio Misr in 1935, and worked as an assistant director with a number of directors, including (Ahmed Badrakhan, Niazi Mostafa, and Ahmed Diaa El-Din). At the end of his life, he devoted himself to directing documentary films, which he began in 1954, the first of which was (The State at the Service of the People). He wrote the story, screenplay, and dialogue for a number of films, including: (From Old Late 1943 - A Bride for Rent 1946 - Lost Hope). It was the first film he directed (Min Fat Qadima). He died in 1976