Ahmed Magdy is a multi-talented filmmaker, actor, environmentalist, animal rights activist and a UNFPA champion who boasts an impressive repertoire in the industry. As an actor, Magdy took part in a number of highly-acclaimed films like the award-winning “Microphone” (2010), “The Gate of Departure” (2015), “Mawlana” (2016) and the award-winning “Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim” (2016) for which Magdy won the Best Actor award at the 6th Trophées Francophones du Cinéma in Sénégal among many other memorable films and TV series.
Following many successful directorial efforts, in 2018, Magdy made his feature film directorial debut “The Giraffe”, which is written and filmed by him as well. The film made its world premiered at the 40th Cairo International Film Festival and its international premiere at the Marrakech International Film Festival receiving wide critical acclaim. Recently, Ahmed took part in the TV Series El Anesa Farah, which is an adaptation of the well-known American romantic comedy Jane The Virgin. His latest TV drama, “Forsa Tanya” (A Second Chance), aired in Ramadan 2020. Produced by Synergy/Tamer Morsi, Magdy stars opposite of Egyptian star Yasmine Sabry. The TV drama was a huge success and received wide acclaim among audiences and critics alike. He was also announced as a jury member at the RFF-Revart Film Festival. Hailed as Egypt’s first online vertical festival, RFF aims to introduce a modern dimension of creativity to filmmakers during the COVID-19 crisis.
In addition, as a director and screenwriter, Magdy started working on his second feature film, The Crow, and is starring in the upcoming films “Talaat Harb” and “Hazr Tagawol” (Curfew).
Ahmed Magdy
