Biography
Islam Kamal was born in 1978 in Alexandria, Egypt, where he is also based today as a visual artist and a filmmaker. He studied painting in the faculty of fine arts at Alexandria University and in 2004 filmmaking at the Jesuit Cultural Center in Alexandria. In the same year he started working as a director of photography for several films and directed several short films and documentaries. Since 2006 he has been the head of the video production department at Fig Leaf Studios, an audio-visual production house founded in 2005.
Berlinale
Actor
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2016 |
In the Last Days of the City |
| 2013 |
The Mice Room |
| 2006 |
Haneen |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2010 |
Atef |
Cinematographer
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2017 |
One Plus One Makes a Pharaoh’s Chocolate Cake |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2013 |
The Cave |
| 2012 |
Zakaraia |
| 2011 |
Bahari |
| 2008 |
Neon Lamp |
Editor
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
The Profession |
| 2017 |
One Plus One Makes a Pharaoh’s Chocolate Cake |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Amplified |
Director
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2017 |
One Plus One Makes a Pharaoh’s Chocolate Cake |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2015 |
Expired |
| 2013 |
TV Juice |
| 2010 |
Local Copy |