Mahmoud Desouky

Mahmoud Desouky

🖋 Screenwriter – Writer – Journalist – Assistant Director – Short Story Writer

📅 Date of Birth: October 3, 1981 (44 years old)

📍 Place of Birth: Zagazig, Egypt

🎓 Education:

Bachelor of Arts – Mass Communication (Journalism) – Zagazig University (2002)

Enrolled in the Higher Institute of Cinema – Screenwriting Department (2004) but did not complete his studies

🎬 Professional Career

🔹 2005 – First Assistant Director and Production Coordinator in the short film "The 5th Pound" 🎥

🔹 2004-2005 – Co-founded "A Place for Writing" at El Sawy Culturewheel 🏛️

🔹 2004-2007 – Worked as a journalist at "Good News Cinema" Magazine 📰

🔹 2006 – Wrote a 5-episode adventure for the children's animated series "Mabrouk, Sultan, and Gamila" 🎭

🔹 2006 – Participated in writing the fifth season of the children’s show "Alam Simsim" 📺

🔹 2006 – Part of the writing team for the second season of the mini-comedy series "Ahmed Etgawez Mona" 🎭

🔹 2007-2008 – Exclusive screenwriter at Al Karma Production for Educational & Entertainment Content 📝

🔹 2007 – Participated in the "New Page" Literature Workshop in Jordan 📖

🔹 2007 – Wrote two episodes of the sitcom "The Clinic" 🏥

🔹 2008-2011 – Head of the Writing Team at Al Karma Production ✍️

📺 Notable TV Works

🎬 "The University" (2011) – MBC4

Role: Head Writer & Creator ✍️

Directed by: Hani Khalifa & Amr Koura 🎥

🎭 "Doors of Fear" (2011) – MBC1

Role: Creator & Head Writer 📖

Starring: Amr Waked ⭐

📺 "(04)" (2012) – MBC

Role: Creator & Head Writer ✍️

Directed by: Khaled Al-Rifai 🎬

📡 "Fun Street" (2012) – Abu Dhabi TV

Role: Content & Script Consultant 🎭

📚 Taught "TV Screenwriting" Course at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts – Beirut (2013) 🎓

📖 Literary Works

📚 "From Inside a Blue Room" – Short Story Collection (2015)

🏆 First Book Award presented by the French Cultural Center

✨ Has been a freelance screenwriter since 2011, establishing himself as a prominent figure in screenwriting in Egypt and the Arab world.