Biography

Ahmed Mahmoud graduated in 1996 from the screenwriting section at the Higher Institute for Cinema’s direction department. He worked as a director for the Egyptian satellite channel beginning in 1996 and directed several television programs including “’Eyoun al-Kamira” (“Camera View”), “Magalat al-Cinema” (“Cinema Magazine”) and “Riwayyat Khaladatha al-Cinema” (“Stories from the History of Cinema”) in addition to several documentaries and advertisements. Mahmoud then wrote several episodes of the comedy series “Shabab Online” in 2001, thereafter he wrote a few episodes of the drama series “Bayn al-Nas al-Igtima’y” in 2003. That work was followed by his writing the comedy series “122 Nagda” in 2004. In 2008 Mahmoud put together a writing workshop under his supervision that included several writers.