Khairy Beshara

Biography

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.

Directed

1. Ice Cream in Glim (1992) — Director
2. The Collar and the Bracelet (1986) — Director
3. Kaborya (1990) — Director
4. A Girl Named Zat (2013) — Director
5. Bitter Day, Sweet Day (1988) — Director
6. Love, Life & Everything in Between (2022) — Director
7. America Abracadabra (1993) — Director
8. The Flood (2017) — Director
9. Houseboat No. 70 (1982) — Director
10. Untamed Desire (1991) — Director
11. National Day of Mourning in Mexico (2022) — Director
12. Bloody Destinies (1982) — Director
13. Traffic Light (1996) — Director
14. The Swallow (2021) — Director
15. The Tank Hunter (1974) — Director
16. Strawberry War (1994) — Director
17. Nutshells (1995) — Director
18. The Countryside Doctor (1975) — Director
19. Memories of Hani Shenouda (2023) — Director
20. Moondog (2012) — Director
21. Soft Life (2010) — Director
22. Karma's Curse (2018) — Director
23. The Second Wife (2013) — Director
24. A Matter of Principle (2003) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Wife of an Important Man (1988) — Safwat
2. Factory Girl (2014)
3. Best Times (2004) — Himself
4. Photocopy (2017) — Spectator at the Cinema
5. Before the Summer Crowds (2016) — Ossama
6. Dreams of Hind and Camilia (1988)
7. A Dinner Date (1981) — رجل المزاد
8. Downtown Girls (2005)
9. Kiss Me Not (2018)
10. Villa 69 (2013)
11. Double Faces (2005) — Himself
12. Sleepless Eyes (1981)
13. A Bird on the Road (1981)
14. The Vagabonds (1985)
15. Klephty (2004) — Bar Owner
16. Curfew (2020)
17. Knight of the City (1992)
18. The Third Class (1988)
19. Very Hot Day (1995)
20. Half a Rabbit (1983)
21. Silence! (1991)
22. Dilapidated Woman (1992) — Salem
23. Nightmare (1989) — Safwat
24. As for the Weather (2022)
25. Memories of Hani Shenouda (2023)
26. Sunday at Five (2020)
27. Eshtibah (1991)
28. Soft Life (2010)