Hisham Abdel Khalek

Hisham Abdel Khalek
Born Hisham Ahmed Abdel Khalek Matook
December 25, 1979
Giza, Egypt
Occupation Director, Writer, Producer and Distributor
Years active 1998 - Present

Hisham Abdel Khalek (Arabic: هشام عبد الخالق‎) is an Egyptian film and theater producer, director and scriptwriter who lives in Paris, France. Born as Hisham Ahmed Abdel Khalek Matook (Arabic: هشام احمد عبد الخالق معتوق ‎) on the 25th of December 1979 - Giza, Egypt

Biography

Hisham Abdel Khalek Cannes International Film Festival
Hisham Abdel Khalek in Salon du cinéma 2009
Hisham Abdel Khalek at Tahrir Square during 25th Jan Revolution

He studied computer science and graduated from the Modern Academy in Maadi – Egypt. At age of 18, he started his career in the art field and opened the first Arabic e-magazine named “Alam El Fonoun”. At the age of 19, he joined the team of Alexandria International Film Festival as public relation director and became the year after the artistic director of the festival.

In 2002, he was involved in the production of opera “Aida” in Doha, Qatar and “Aida” under the pyramids of Giza (Egypt) as the artistic director. He produced a series of operas and classic music concerts in Egypt, Syria, Dubai and other countries. His operatic repertoire includes 20 operas ranging from Aida, Tosca, Carmen, Rigoletto, La Traviata, La Boheme to Turandot.

He also founded the international animation celebration in Dubai. He worked as a consultant and director of many companies including Studio 7 productions, Nile Cinema, Star Animation, Mizalat, Capacity World and others. In 2003 he founded his own production company “AraMage Artistic Production” in Damascus, Syria then moved to Cairo, Egypt. He produced and distributed more than 20 films, short movies and documentaries. He is a consultant of 23 international film festivals in Europe, Asia, Africa and America. He participated as a jury member in many international film festivals.

He is currently writing and producing a movie called “To Whom it May Concern” to be directed by Khaled El Hagar. He is also associate / artistic producer and co-scriptwriter of the adaptation for cinema of opera “Aida” in animation by Philippe Druillet, and Guillaume Hecht, a French (Guillaume Hecht)-Belgian (Jean-Luc Van Damme) co-production., a Franco Belgium co production. In 2008, he co-founded with Olivier Delesse their production company "So Freakantastik", a French production house. Finally, he is also consultant with Salon du Cinéma (Paris Cinema Fair) since 2008.

From 2009 to 2011, Hisham Abdel Khalek was the European distributor of Al Arabia Cinema and responsible for the PR of Al Arabia Cinema in Europe, one of the biggest cinema groups in Middle East.

In 2013 he created his new musical production Akhenaten the musical, Book by Hisham Abdel Khalek and Mohamed Metwally, Lyrics by Mohamed Metwally and Music by Hesham Nazih. A new musical to tour US and Europe.

Hisham Abdel Khalek Filmography and Works

Producer
2012 – Blood on the Nile – Hisham Abdel Khalek (In preproduction – TV Series)
2012 – Queen Farida – TBA (In preproduction)
2012 – To whom it may concern – TBA (In preproduction)
2009 – Salam Ya Joe – by Hisham Abdel Khalek
2008 – Fatoush – by Hisham Abdel Khalek
2008 – Destinée – by Hisham Abdel Khalek
2005 – Healing Power – by Ramses Marzouk
2004 – 3029 TD - by Rosh Abdelfatah
2004 – Dag - by Rosh Abdelfatah

Scriptwriter
2012 – To whom it may concern – TBA (In preproduction)
2010 – Aida – Philippe Druillet and Guillaume Hecht
2009 – Salam Ya Joe – Hisham Abdel Khalek
2008 – Fatoush – Hisham Abdel Khalek
2008 – To whom it may concern – Khaled El Hagar
2008 – Un Siècle de Cinéma Egyptien – Hisham Abdel Khalek
2008 – Dalida, Queen of the Nile – Hisham Abdel Khalek

Director
2011 – El Masryeen Band Concert at Sakia El Sawy Cultural Center
2010 – Portrait of Esaad Younis (15’)
2009 – Arab Cultural Festival in Paris opening and closing gala at UNESCO and Mairie du 15e arrondissement
2009 – Salam Ya Joe (7’)

      3ème Salon du cinéma à Paris

2008 – Fatoush (10’)

    3ème Salon du cinéma à Paris
    24ème Marché du film court - Festival International du Court Métrage - Clermont-Ferrand

    10ème Marché du film court - Festival Tous Courts

    Marché du film - 23e édition du Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest

2008 – Destinée (15')

    Short Film Corner 2008 – Cannes Film Festival 

    15th International Short Film Market Cinema Jove

    19º Festival Internacional de Curtas de São Paulo - Brazil

2006 – Ramses the last pharaoh of Al Rahamesa (52’)
2005 – Love is hard, a video clip of Gasser (2’)
2004 – Images of war, short documentary (6’)
2002 – Making of Aida Qatar (25’)
2002 – Making of Aida Pyramids (25’)
2000 – Portrait for Alexandria Film Festival about Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Faten Hama and Naguib Mahfouz (3’)

Distributor
Al Arabia Cinema films, various documentaries, TV programs and short feature films for Europe

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