Libyan Egyptian writer, editor and director born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1985, Abdullah Al-Ghaly studied filmmaking and animation at the Cairo Cinema Institute, and graduated with honours in 2007. In 2009, he made his directorial debut with the short experimental film Times produced by the Egyptian Film Center. He then co-founded Hassala Films, a collective supporting young talented filmmakers in achieving their projects. In 2011, he began working on his feature documentary Cairo – Ar-rehebat. Lately, he collaborated with Hala Lotfy, co-writing her second feature The Bridge (2016) and co-wrote the TV Drama series Haza Al Masaa by Tamer Mohsen (2017).
Abdullah Al-Ghaly
Director, Screenwriter
