The Biography

An Egyptian actor and director, his full name is Ahmed Magdy Ahmed Ali, born on May 4, 1986, to an Egyptian father and an Algerian mother.

He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Ain Shams University.

He joined the film school with the Scientific and Cultural Renaissance Society (Cairo Jesuit) in 2007.

Ahmed Magdy is known for his proficiency in playing music in addition to singing. In addition to achieving many achievements at the national level in rowing. He also became a yoga teacher several years ago,

after spending several months in India studying yoga with specialized teachers. He constantly participates in campaigns to raise awareness of the environmental issue, such as the “Enough Plastic” campaign.

He began his artistic career during his university studies, by joining the “Al-Tami” theater group, where he worked as an actor and assistant director for 3 years before directing his first film, which was the short independent documentary “Flood Stream” in 2007. Then he joined the “Self and the City” workshop, which saw him directing it.

For his documentary film “Zizou” in 2007, he then directed the films “Cake with Cream”, “To the Sea” and “Zizou”. Then he directed his first feature film, “Nobody There,” in 2018.

As an actor, he began his artistic career in 2008, through his appearance in a large number of works, whether cinematic or television, including films such as: “Birds of the Nile, Microphone, Nawara, Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim, Mawlana, Curfew, Happened on 2 Talaat Harb.”

In television drama, he participated in the series: “A Public Secret,” “Napoleon and the Mahrousa,” “The Preacher,” “The Covenant,” “Houses are Secrets,” “My Share and Your Divide,” part 2, “Sunset Oasis,” for the highest price, “Don’t Turn Out the Sun,” “The Stone of Hell,” family size, “Miss Farah,” part 4, “ Maadi House,” Satan’s promise, the journey, the three, the clear statement.”

He was chosen as a European Union Goodwill Ambassador in the field of water in 2022. He was also chosen as a member of the jury of several festivals, including Abu Dhabi International Film Festival 2012, Aswan International Women’s Film Festival 2021, Cairo International Film Festival 2022, Luxor African Film Festival 2023. ".

Personal Life

Artist Ahmed Magdy is the son of writer and director Magdy Ahmed Ali. In 2018, he married a girl from outside the artistic community named Noha Khattab, but he separated from her in 2020.

Artistical works

the movies

2010: “Birds of the Nile.”

2011: “Microphone.”

2012: “Knocking on Doors.”

2014: “The Farewell Door.”

Year 2015: “Nawara”.

2016: “Ali is the goat and Ibrahim.”

2017: “Mawlana, Experimental Summer.”

2018: “Night/Outdoor, Don’t Kiss Me.”

2020: “Curfew.”

Year 2022: “It happened on 2 Talaat Harb.”

Series

2008: “Tears of the Moon.”

2012: “An Open Secret, Napoleon and the Guarded One.”

2013: “The Preacher.”

2015: “The Covenant: Permissible Speech, Houses are Secrets.”

2016: “Getting Out.”

Year 2017: “My share and your Divide, Part 2, Sunset Oasis, for the highest price, Do not extinguish the sun, The Stone of Hell, Entering the Forbidden.”

2018: “Family size.”

Year 2019: Miss Farah Part 1.

Year 2020: “Miss Farah Part 2, The End, Another Chance.”

Year 2021: “Miss Farah, Part 3, Miss Farah, Part 4, Qasr al-Nil, Setat Beit Maadi, Bint al-Sultan.”

Year 2022: “Miss Farah, Part 5, Satan’s Promise, Al-Mishwar.”

Year 2023: “Talta Al-Talata, Al-Ajahar.”

Awards and honors

Jury Award at the Algerian Independent Film Festival for the film “Cake with Cream” in 2008.

Silver Falcon Award from the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival in the Netherlands for the film “Cake with Cream” in 2009.

Best Young Artist Award from the Dear Geist Foundation for his entire work in 2017.

Best Narrative Film Award for Mawlana at the Egyptian National Film Festival 2018.

A shield of honor from the Faculty of Information at the Modern University of Technology and Information (MTI) in 2018.

A shield of honor from the Drama Committee of the National Council for Human Rights for his role in the series “Family Size” in 2018.

Best Actor Award from the Francophone African Film Festival in Senegal for his role in the film “Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim” in 2019.

A shield of honor from the Luxor African Film Festival for his role in the film “2 Talaat Harb” in 2022.

Shield of Honor from the French Short Film Festival in 2022.

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