Ateyat El Abnoudy - Who is she

Professions: Creative Writer, Film Director, Film Producer

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Documentary Director and Writer

Ateyat El Abnoudy

CONTACT INFORMATION / PRIVATE

Cairo

Egypt

ateyat39@gmail.com

Education

Associate Degree, International Film & TV School, England, 1976.

BA, Egyptian Film Institute, 1972.

BA, Faculty of Law, Cairo University, 1963.

languages

Arabic

English

COMPETENCES

Documentary Directing

Film Production

Writing

WORK HISTORY

Documentary Director, 1975-Present.

Honorary office and memberships

Member, Culture and Media Committee, National Council for Women, 2000.

Member, Cinema Committee, Supreme Council of Culture, 1992- Present.

Head of the International Jury Committee, Oberhausen Film Festival, Germany, 1990.

Productions and Works

Director, "Sone'a fi Misr" (Made in Egypt), 2006.

Director, "Toshka" (Toshka), 2004.

Director, "Ethiopia Be'uyun Masriyya" (Ethiopia through Egyptian Eyes), 2004.

AWARDS

Honored, National Film Festival, Egyptian Ministry of Culture, 1998.

Egyptian Film Critics Prize, Ismailia International Documentary & Short Film Festival, for the documentary Elli ba'a welli eshtara (Sellers and Buyers), 1992.

Best Co-Production Prize, Valencia film Festival, Spain, for the docymentery Iqa' al-haya (Rhythm of Life), 1990.