Mamdouh El-Leithy

🎬 Mamdouh El-Leithy 🎬

📅 Born: December 1, 1937 – Cairo, Egypt

🕊️ Died: January 1, 2014 (Age 76) – Cairo, Egypt

🏛 Nationality: 🇪🇬 Egyptian

🎓 Education:

📜 Bachelor's degree from the Police Academy

⚖️ Law degree – Ain Shams University (1960)

🎥 Diploma from the Screenwriting Institute (1964)

🏆 Career

✍️ He began his career in journalism, writing stories for magazines 📖 Rose Al-Youssef, Sabah El Kheir, and Al-Shaab Newspaper.

👮 Worked as a police officer until 1967 before transitioning to cinema and television.

📺 Held several prestigious media positions, including:

📂 Head of the Screenwriting Department (1967)

📜 Script and Screenplay Supervisor (1973)

🎞 General Director of TV Films (1982)

📽 Head of TV Films (1985)

🏛 Head of the Production Sector at the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (1985)

🏅 President of the Egyptian Society of Writers and Film Critics

🎭 Head of the Egyptian Syndicate of Filmmakers

🎥 Notable Films

📌 Miramar (1969)

📌 Chatter on the Nile (1971)

📌 Al-Sukkariyah (1973)

📌 Al-Karnak (1975)

📌 The Guilty (1976)

📌 My Beloved Princess (1975)

📌 Nothing Matters (1975)

📌 A Woman with a Bad Reputation (1973)

📌 I Do Not Lie But I Beautify (1981)

📌 Resignation of a Nuclear Scientist (1980)

🎭 Theatrical Works

🎭 Empire M (1968)

📺 TV Series

📺 Honor of the Profession

📺 The Fourth Suspect

📺 Why Should I Kill?

📺 Without a Personality

📺 The Crime of the Season

📺 The Treasure

🎬 Contributions to Cinema and Television

🎞 Produced: 600 documentary films 🎥

📺 Produced: Over 1,500 hours of drama (TV series & teleplays)

🏅 Awards & Recognitions

🥇 State Appreciation Award for Arts – Supreme Council of Culture (1992)

🏆 Ministry of Culture Awards for several films, including:

🏅 Al-Sukkariyah (1974)

🏅 My Beloved Princess (1975)

🏅 The Guilty (1976)

🕊️ Death

📅 Passed away on January 1, 2014, due to health complications, leaving behind a remarkable legacy that enriched Egyptian cinema and television.