Emadeldin Elsayed (born October 17, 1986) is an Egyptian documentary filmmaker, born in Alexandria, Egypt.
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Born | Alexandria, Egypt | October 17, 1986
Education | Alexandria UniversityNew York Film Academy |
Occupation | Filmmaker |
Years active | 2011–present |
Employer | Al Jazeera Media Network |
Style | Documentary film |
Early life
editHe studied Pharmacy at the Alexandria University in Egypt, and graduated in 2008. After that he changed his career and studied filmmaking and screenwriting in New York Film Academy.
Career
editHe works in Al Jazeera Media Network from 2011 till now as a documentary filmmaker.
Filmography
editThe Soldiers, Egyptian Conscription Tales (2016).[citation needed] A 52-minute documentary features interviews with Egyptian soldiers detailing what they say are the inhumane conditions that conscripts are forced to work under, and it accuses the army of failing to train its troops properly and feeding them bad food. The documentary provokes outrage among Egyptian regime.[1] Within two hours of the documentary's release on Sunday November 28, a spokesman for Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs was denouncing it on Egyptian television. “It’s obviously poorly done work that is trying to shake the confidence of the Egyptian citizen in his army,” said the spokesman, Ahmed Abu Zeid. Mohamed Saleh, the head of the media office at Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, declined to respond to Mr. Abu Zeid's comments, saying, “We have nothing to do with this.”. So far, “The Soldiers” has been broadly received as an accurate portrayal of life for military conscripts in Egypt. Criticism of the military's training programs has been growing as a war against Islamic militants in the Sinai Peninsula drags into its fourth year, and tales of conscript abuse are common.[2][3][4]
- The Lurker (Almondass) (2014).[5] A 55-minute documentary tells the story of Mohannad, who decided to lurk inside the thugs and pro-Mubarak groups to know their plans to attack the revolutionary demonstrations against the military regime using hidden cameras.[6][7]
- Beneath the stage(2014): A 30 minutes investigative documentary analyzes the accusation of the Egyptian regime to the Muslim Brotherhood that they killed some people and hided their bodies beneath the stage of Rabaa square sit-in in 2013.
- Al Kahol (2013): A 53 investigative documentary which investigates the frequent buildings collapse in Alexandria city in Egypt.
References
edit- ^ Arab, The New. "Al Jazeera documentary on Egyptian army conscripts provokes outrage". alaraby. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
- ^ Youssef, Nour (2016-11-28). "Al Jazeera Film Critical of Egyptian Army Strains Egypt-Qatar Ties Further". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
- ^ "فيلم "العساكر" يشعل حربا على مواقع التواصل". Retrieved 2017-05-06.
- ^ الإعلامية, قسم المتابعة (2016-11-29). "جدل في صحف عربية بسبب فيلم "العساكر" عن الجيش المصري". BBC Arabic. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
- ^ Galal, Mohannad (2014-05-31), The Lurker, retrieved 2017-04-20
- ^ الفراش, هاني فؤاد. "فيلم #المندس.. كشف للمستور أم دفاع عن الإخوان المسلمين؟". قناة الحرة (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-05-06.
- ^ "CNN Arabic - صحف: "المندس" يثير جدلا حول حكم مرسي وخلايا سورية نائمة بالأردن". CNN Arabic (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-05-06.