Madkour Thabet

An Egyptian director, he graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema, Department of Directing in 1965. He was appointed as a teaching assistant at the institute and then a teacher in 1972. He assumed many responsibilities at the institute since 1986, then he was appointed president of the academy in the early 2000s. He wrote and directed several documentaries such as (The Revolution of the Place) 1967, (On the Land of Sinai) 1975, and directed a part (Photo) from the film (Forbidden Pictures) by its writer Naguib. Mahfouz worked as a correspondent during the War of Attrition. He assumed the presidency of the National Cinema Center, then the presidency of censorship. He published many books on directing and screenplay, and his latest work was (The Magic of What Has Passed in the Treasures of Visuals), which chronicles Egypt over more than 100 years.