
Person
Khairy Beshara
Directing · Born 1947-06-30 · Tanta, Egypt
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.
Known for

Soft Life
2010

Photocopy
Spectator at the Cinema

The Flood
Director

Klephty
Bar Owner

A Girl Named Zat
Director

Love, Life & Everything in Between
Director

Strawberry War
Director

The Second Wife
Director
A Matter of Principle
Editor

Silence!
1991
Filmography
- 2023Memories of Hani Shenouda
- 2022As for the Weather
- 2022National Day of Mourning in MexicoDirector
- 2022Love, Life & Everything in BetweenDirector
- 2021The SwallowDirector
- 2020Curfew
- 2020Sunday at Five
- 2018Karma's CurseDirector
- 2018Kiss Me Not
- 2017PhotocopySpectator at the Cinema
- 2017The FloodDirector
- 2016Before the Summer CrowdsOssama
- 2014Factory Girl
- 2013Villa 69
- 2013A Girl Named ZatDirector
- 2013The Second WifeDirector
- 2012MoondogDirector
- 2010Soft Life
- 2005Downtown Girls
- 2005Double FacesHimself
- 2004Best TimesHimself
- 2004KlephtyBar Owner
- 2003A Matter of PrincipleEditor
- 1996Traffic LightDirector
- 1995Very Hot Day
- 1995NutshellsDirector
- 1994Strawberry WarDirector
- 1993America AbracadabraDirector
- 1992Ice Cream in GlimDirector
- 1992Dilapidated WomanSalem
- 1992Knight of the City
- 1991Eshtibah
- 1991Untamed DesireDirector
- 1991Silence!
- 1990KaboryaDirector
- 1989NightmareSafwat
- 1988The Third Class
- 1988Dreams of Hind and Camilia
- 1988Bitter Day, Sweet DayDirector
- 1988The Wife of an Important ManSafwat
- 1986The Collar and the BraceletDirector
- 1985The Vagabonds
- 1983Half a Rabbit
- 1982Houseboat No. 70Director
- 1982Bloody DestiniesDirector
- 1981A Dinner Dateرجل المزاد
- 1981Sleepless Eyes
- 1981A Bird on the Road
- 1975The Countryside DoctorDirector
- 1974The Tank HunterDirector
- 1973In Desert and WildernessAssistant Director
- 1969Diary of a Country ProsecutorAssistant Director
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