Abu Bakr Shawky
A.B. Shawky
Birth Place
Cairo, EgyptDepartments
Biography
Abu Bakr Shawky is an Egyptian writer and director whose globally renowned film Yomeddine was selected to participate in the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and compete for the Palme d’Or. The film also received the Francois Chalais Award and was Egypt’s official submission for the 91st Academy Awards. Shawky is known for his work on Things I heard on Wednesdays (2012) and The Looming Tower (2018).
Best Known For
Directing
Writing
Frequent Collaborators
Rady Gamal
2 films together
Omar Fadel
2 films together
Federico Cesca
2 films together
Shahira Fahmy
2 films together
Ahmed Abdelhafiz
2 films together
Shehab Ibrahim
2 films together
