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Galal El Zaky

An Egyptian cinematographer and actor, who started his career in 2003 by shooting many music video, before turning to the cinema through the movie Born to Be a Criminal (2006), after which he worked on many productions, including The Wedding (2009), and Two Girls from Egypt (2010), in which he also acted. His most prominent work includes The Story of Hayat, and Words on Paper.

Known For

The Wedding

The Wedding · 2009

Facing financial strain, a man organizes a fake wedding to raise money. A deeply touching Egyptian drama.

Boshkash

Boshkash · 2008

An ex-goalkeeper starts working as a talent scout and travels all over the world in search of professional players to join Egyptian football clubs.

The Wedding Party

The Wedding Party · 2009

The Wedding Party

MovieCrimeDrama

As Amira and Ashraf prepare for their wedding, Ashraf invites his friends to his bachelor's party where a major event turns his life upside down.

Cabareeh

Cabareeh · 2008

A typical day at a nightclub at Al-Haram street is turned upside down when a terrorist decides to blow up the building. A plunge into the lives of a group of people who are drastically different but equally interesting.

Sa3yokom Mashkoor Ya Bro

Sa3yokom Mashkoor Ya Bro · 2015

Sa3yokom Mashkoor Ya Bro

When a family reunites after the death of one of its members, a series of misunderstandings and mistakes sends the family into many comedic paradoxes.

Snakes and Ladders

Snakes and Ladders · 2001

Snakes and Ladders

MovieDramaRomance

A divorced young man happens to fall in love. The couple faces problems, as the young man does not want to settle down, she thinks he is a flirt, they break up, and events follows.

I Adore You

I Adore You · 2015

MovieComedyRomance

Dr. Sherif who works as a plastic surgeon, gets to know a young lady whom he falls in love with. But when he is introduced to her single mum he falls in love with her instead. Trying his best ways to get her attention.

Hadeed

Ammar (Amr Saad) is young artist, who falls in love with wealthy girl Nadine (Dorra), but her rich uncle Mahdy disapproves . They decide to get married without his knowledge. But Mahdy's men kidnap Nadine, severely beat Ammar and put him in prison after which his life completely changes.

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The Wedding

The Wedding · 2009

Facing financial strain, a man organizes a fake wedding to raise money. A deeply touching Egyptian drama.

Director of Photography

Boshkash

Boshkash · 2008

An ex-goalkeeper starts working as a talent scout and travels all over the world in search of professional players to join Egyptian football clubs.

Director of Photography

The Wedding Party

The Wedding Party · 2009

The Wedding Party

MovieCrimeDrama

As Amira and Ashraf prepare for their wedding, Ashraf invites his friends to his bachelor's party where a major event turns his life upside down.

Director of Photography

Cabareeh

Cabareeh · 2008

A typical day at a nightclub at Al-Haram street is turned upside down when a terrorist decides to blow up the building. A plunge into the lives of a group of people who are drastically different but equally interesting.

Director of Photography

Sa3yokom Mashkoor Ya Bro

Sa3yokom Mashkoor Ya Bro · 2015

Sa3yokom Mashkoor Ya Bro

When a family reunites after the death of one of its members, a series of misunderstandings and mistakes sends the family into many comedic paradoxes.

Snakes and Ladders

Snakes and Ladders · 2001

Snakes and Ladders

MovieDramaRomance

A divorced young man happens to fall in love. The couple faces problems, as the young man does not want to settle down, she thinks he is a flirt, they break up, and events follows.

I Adore You

I Adore You · 2015

MovieComedyRomance

Dr. Sherif who works as a plastic surgeon, gets to know a young lady whom he falls in love with. But when he is introduced to her single mum he falls in love with her instead. Trying his best ways to get her attention.

Director of Photography

Hadeed

Ammar (Amr Saad) is young artist, who falls in love with wealthy girl Nadine (Dorra), but her rich uncle Mahdy disapproves . They decide to get married without his knowledge. But Mahdy's men kidnap Nadine, severely beat Ammar and put him in prison after which his life completely changes.

Director of Photography

The Shanabs

The Shanabs · 2023

MovieComedyDrama

Laila is distressed by her mother's control over her life. When a family member dies, she travels with her mother to Alexandria to attend the funeral, then many comical situations occur during the presence of the large extended family, which consists of four aunts, their children, and their grandchildren.

Director of Photography

Sugar Daddy

Sugar Daddy · 2023

Shawki starts an affair with a dancer, Natalia, and takes her on a weekend getaway in Sahl Hasheesh. When his sons find out about his secret, they decide to salvage their parents' relationship and travel to Sahl Hasheesh to confront him.

Director of Photography

Born to Be a Criminal

Born to Be a Criminal · 2006

Born to Be a Criminal

MovieActionComedy

Our man has about everything against him : he is short, weak, so simple, with an IQ far below the average. There is no wonder why he keeps on being teased by his friends, parents and even fiancee. But circumstances will turn him into a hero and then a vicious criminal feared by all. Half-educated and out-of-work, Taha, is kidnapped by a gang of thieves in his hometown Alexandria. Unbeknownst to them, neither Taha's mother nor his girlfriend has a fraction of the ransom

Director of Photography

The Nile Crocodiles

The Nile Crocodiles · 2022

The Nile Crocodiles

MovieComedyCrime

During a Nile cruise on a boat, an unexpected swindle occurs to one of the passengers, after which comical situations follow to reveal the truth.

Director of Photography

Detention Letter

Detention Letter · 2017

Detention Letter

MovieActionCrime

Khaled, in a terrorist group believing he fights for God, tries stopping his brother Ahmad from joining. After Ahmad joins and dies in a group dispute, Khaled seeks revenge until police arrest him.

Director of Photography

Roh's Beauty

Roh's Beauty · 2014

Inspired by the Italian movie Malèna, it has a similar story but is less artistic and lacks a plot. With her husband out of the country. Rouh lives in Bolak El Dakror with her mother-in-law. Rouh's neighbors cause her a lot of problems since several of them desire her and want to pressure her into having an affair. As Rouh pushes back against her neighbors' lust, two of them set her up.

Director of Photography

The Eid Night

The Eid Night · 2024

The plot sheds light on women's issues through the suffering of several women living on an island, where they are exposed to several problems and crises due to some men's lack of understanding of their rights.

Director of Photography

Two Girls from Egypt

Two Girls from Egypt · 2010

Two Girls from Egypt

The struggle of two women who face many events and the psychological and sociological aspects of being unmarried yet of marrying age in the context of an Eastern society where women are expected to be part of a man's household.

Director of Photography

Cry of an Ant

Cry of an Ant · 2011

MovieDramaThriller

The role of the film as part of a comic story deals with the circumstances of life and social and economic conditions difficult, which became the Egyptian people suffering from high prices as an issue.

Director of Photography

Regatta

Regatta · 2015

MovieDramaAction

Regatta is engaged in several illegal activities with businessman Sari. Regatta gets a quarter of a million pounds in one operation, which will allow him to travel with his mother to Italy. Then he discovers the betrayal of Nasra, the wife of his brother Awad, by chance.

The Night of the Carnival

The Night of the Carnival · 2015

The Night of the Carnival

Spanning one day, the film takes place in a “Muled” (An Islamic saint's day celebration), following the curious and intertwined stories of a variety of different characters living nearby, working invisiting the Muled.

Director of Photography

Your Luck Today

Your Luck Today · 2022

Your Luck Today

Over the course of one night, the journalist Omar embarks on a risky adventure in order to save himself and his friends.

Director of Photography

Triple Burglary

Triple Burglary · 2016

Triple Burglary

The events revolve around a young man named Ali Al-Marakby (Ahmed Salah Al-Saadani) who discovers his grandfather’s will, which dates back to the Pharaonic era, entitled (Five Fives Five).

Director of Photography

45 Days

45 Days · 2007

MovieCrimeDrama

Admitted to a psychiatric hospital after being accused of murdering his parents, a young man makes a vow of silence weeks away from his trial.

Director of Photography

Does Anyone Hear Anything

Does Anyone Hear Anything · 2009

Does Anyone Hear Anything

An unsocial and eccentric man living alone, accompanied by voice in his ears, telling him what he is doing and sometimes what will happen, he resorts to a psychiatrist to get him out of this situation. The psychiatrist advises him to enter into a romantic relationship and, events follow, to a surprise ending.

Director of Photography

The House is My Home

The House is My Home · 2022

The House is My Home

SeriesComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

In a setting of comedy and horror, Benno is forced to return to Cairo in order to settle his inheritance, but is soon shocked to learn that what he inherits will expose him to terrifying adventures.

Son of the Poor

Son of the Poor · 2019

Son of the Poor

An upper-Egyptian who lives on the border of the poverty line decides to earn an honest living by having two jobs: A teacher at a public school during the day, and a taxi driver in the evening. Yet, through his struggle to make ends meet he falls into the pit of drug trade.

Director of Photography

It's a Game and Got Serious

It's a Game and Got Serious · 2026

It's a Game and Got Serious

Sherif and Shorouk's lives are turned upside down due to their children's addiction to an electronic game, and the series discusses the impact of social media and electronic games on the family's life and stability.

Director of Photography

Dad and Mom are Neighbours

Dad and Mom are Neighbours · 2026

Dad and Mom are Neighbours

SeriesComedyDrama

After Hisham, a traditional pharmacist, and Noura, an aspiring singer, get divorced, fate makes them neighbours. On the frontline of the chaos stand their mums, wielding their fiercest weapons: social media channels.

Director of Photography

Security Situation

Security Situation · 2017

Security Situation

The events of the series revolve in a dramatic framework around the antiquities trade, its relationship with the mafia, and everything related to the world of this trade through the story of Hassan (Amr Saad), an employee of the Antiquities Authority, after discovering the smuggling and counterfeiting of ancient manuscripts.

Director of Photography

The Legend

The Legend · 2016

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

The series revolves around a young law school graduate Nasser (Mohammed Ramadan) who lives in the Sabbatiyah area, seeking to join the judiciary. In conflicts with a major arms dealer

Director of Photography

Bin El Sarayat

Bin El Sarayat · 2015

The series depicts the effect that Cairo University has on the local neighborhood of Bin El Sarayat and its people, and how the neighborhood offers services to the university and its students.

The Story of Hayat

The Story of Hayat · 2013

The Story of Hayat

Hayat is a schizophrenic woman who was admitted to a mental hospital after killing her mother. When she successfully convinces her doctor that she was set up by her family, he helps her leave the hospital to begin a journey full of unexpected surprises and mysterious turns.

Visions

Visions · 2018

A girl of the lower middle class lives with her father. What is peculiar about this girl is that all her dreams turn into reality. One night, she dreams that her father has a disease and he is secretly getting treatment.

The First Lady

The First Lady · 2014

When Hashem divorces his first wife, he marries the ambitious Maryam who supports his run for the presidency and tries to seize control of the government when he is hospitalized after an assassination attempt.

The 45 rules of divorce

The 45 rules of divorce · 2021

The 45 rules of divorce

SeriesComedyDrama

A womens journy through divorce and life after, and he she adjusts both in her work as a writer and her personal life.

Words on Paper

Words on Paper · 2014

When a major character is murdered by a hit-man in Beirut, an Egyptian in the city is charged with the crime. Against a backdrop of mystery and suspense, the story continues to unfold until the true culprit is revealed.

Director of Photography