Ahmed Fawzi Salah

Ahmed Fawzi Saleh

🟢 Egyptian Director, Screenwriter, and Producer

📌 Born: 1981 (Age: 44) – Port Said, Egypt

🎓 Education:

Suez Canal University (History Studies)

Higher Institute of Cinema (Film Studies)

🗣 Languages: Arabic, Egyptian Dialect

⚖️ Activism: Human Rights Advocate

🎬 Major Works

📽 2010 – "Living Skin" (🎞 Documentary)

Director, Writer, Co-Producer

Explores child labor conditions in leather tanneries

Screened at international film festivals and received critical acclaim

🎞 2018 – "Poisonous Roses" (🎥 Feature Film)

Director, Writer, Co-Producer

Inspired by the novel Poisonous Roses for Sakr by Ahmed Zaghloul El-Sheety

Premiered at the 47th Rotterdam International Film Festival

Selected as Egypt’s official submission for the 92nd Academy Awards but was not nominated

📺 2020 – "The Thief" (📜 TV Series)

Screenwriter

🏆 Career Highlights

🎥 2008 – Assistant Director to Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi

🎭 Focuses on socially and politically conscious filmmaking

📢 Actively involved in human rights advocacy in Egypt

📌 His cinematic style is characterized by:

✔️ Extreme realism

✔️ Spotlighting marginalized communities

✔️ Addressing social issues with a visually compelling approach

🟠 Ahmed Fawzi Saleh is one of Egypt’s most prominent young filmmakers, known for blending artistic depth with human rights concerns.