Hisham Abdel Khalek

"'Hisham Abdel Khalek"'

Born 25th of December 1979 - Giza, Egypt
Born as Hisham Ahmed Abdel Khalek Matook

Hisham Abdel Khalek is an Egyptian producer, director and scriptwriter who lives in Paris, France.

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 co producing and co writing an animation movie of opera “Aida” by Verdi in 3D directed by Philippe Druillet, a Franco Belgium co production. In 2008, he co-founded with Olivier Delesse their production company "So Freakantastik", a French production house.

Hisham Abdel Khalek Filmographie:

Producer
2010 – Aida – Philippe Druillet
2008 – Fatoush – Hisham Abdel Khalek
2008 – Destinée – Hisham Abdel Khalek
2008 – To whom it may concern – Khaled El Hagar
2005 – Healing Power – Ramses Marzouk
2004 – 3029 TD - Rosh Abdelfatah
2004 – Dag - Rosh Abdelfatah

Scriptwriter
2010 – Aida – Philippe Druillet
2008 – To whom it may concern – Khaled El Hagar
2008 – Un Siècle de Cinéma Egyptien – Hisham Abdel Khalek

Director
2008 – Fatoush – Hisham Abdel Khalek (10’)
2008 – Destinée – Hisham Abdel Khalek (15’ – First Short Feature)
2006 – Ramses the last pharoh of Al Rahamesa (52’)
2005 – Love is hard, a video clip for the singer Gasser (2’)
2004 – Images of war, documentaire (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’)

External links:
http://www.sofreakantastik.com