Khairy Beshara
Khairy Beshara is an Egyptian film and television director. He was born and lived his first five years in Tanta, then moved to Cairo with his mother who worked there. He studied film directing at the High Institute of Cinema and graduated in 1967. He then worked as an assistant director, and moved to Poland for a year for his post-graduate studies, where he met his wife. Upon his return to Egypt, he continued working as an assistant director, in addition to teaching acting and screenwriting at the institute. In the period between 1974 and 1986, he directed 12 documentary and short fiction films. His first feature length film was an Egyptian-Algerian co-production, and took 4 years to produce. It finally premiered in 1982. He then went on to direct 11 other feature films, most of which were critically acclaimed and gained cult followings, and several television series.
The Wife of an Important Man
(Safwat)
As for the Weather
Silence!
The Third Class
Memories of Hani Shenouda
Dreams of Hind and Camilia
Knight of the City
Very Hot Day
The Vagabonds
Dilapidated Woman
(Salem)
A Dinner Date
(رجل المزاد)
Kiss Me Not
Half a Rabbit
A Bird on the Road
Klephty
(Bar Owner)
Nightmare
(Safwat)
Sunday at Five
Villa 69
Factory Girl
Downtown Girls
Best Times
(Himself)
Before the Summer Crowds
(Ossama)
Photocopy
(متفرج فى السينما)
Double Faces
(Himself)
Curfew
Soft Life
The Tank Hunter
(Director)
America Chica Pica
(Director)
Bloody Destinies
(Director)
Houseboat No. 70
(Director)
Ice Cream in Glim
(Director)
Kaborya
(Director)
The Collar and the Bracelet
(Director)
Strawberry War
(Director)
Nutshells
(Director)
The Countryside Doctor
(Director)
Bitter Day, Sweet Day
(Director)
A matter of principle
(Director)
Bitter Day, Sweet Day
(Idea)
America Chica Pica
(Story)
Strawberry War
(Writer)
The Collar and the Bracelet
(Writer)
Bitter Day, Sweet Day
(Writer)
Houseboat No. 70
(Writer)
Untamed Desire
(Director)
Memories of Hani Shenouda
(Director)
Moondog
(Director)
Moondog
(Writer)
Traffic Light
(Director)
Diary of a Country Prosecutor
(Assistant Director)
The Flood
(Director)
Soft Life
(Director)
The Swallow
(Director)
Karma's Curse
(Director)
The Second Wife
(Director)
Love, Life & Everything in Between
(Director)