Date of birth

November 23, 1946; Cairo; Egypt

Qualifications

B.Sc., Higher Institute of Cinema, Department of Directing (1967)

History of employment

Director, National Cinema Center
Senior Director, National Cinema Center

Professional memberships

Member, Higher Committee of Festivals
Member, Cinema Committee, Supreme Council of Culture

Conferences and film festivals

Participated both in person and with films in numerous local and international film festivals

Achievements

Documentaries

A wise man's counsel on village and education affairs – 1976
Working in the field – 1979
On people, prophets and artists – 1980
Land of dreams – 1993
The joy robber – 1995
Land of fear – 1999
Citizen, informer and thief – 2001

Long fiction
The paupers – 1985
Looking for Sayyed Marzuk – 1990
The Kit Kat – 1990

Awards

For his movie "The Kit Kat", he received:
• Prize for best achievement in scriptwriting from the National Film Festival (1992);
• First Production Prize from the National Cinema Festival;
• Gold Prize from the Damascus Film Festival;
• Best Script from the Alexandria and Mediterranean Festival; and
• Prize of the Egyptian Society of Film Critics.

"A wise man's counsel on village and education affairs" won the Jury's Special Prize from the Oberhausen Film Festival – Germany (1976).

"The paupers" won Prize of First Movie by a Director from the Aswan Academic Festival (1985).

"Looking for Sayyed Marzuk" won the Silver Pyramid from the 15th Cairo International Film Festival – 1991.

For his documentary "Land of dreams", Abdel-Sayyed received the Second Production Prize from the National Cinema Festival, 1993.

"The joy robber" received the Silver Prize from the National Cinema Festival, the Bronze Prize from the Damascus Film Festival, and the Public's Prize from Italy's Sorrento Film Festival, (1995).

"Land of fear" received the Silver Pyramid Prize from the Cairo International Film Festival; Prize of Best Script from the 1st Bahrain Festival, the prizes of Best Film and of best achievement in directing from the Film Society Festival (1999).

"Citizen, informer and thief" won the prizes of best film and best achievement in directing from the National Cinema Festival and also the prizes of best script and best directing from the Film Society Festival (2001).

Abdel-Sayyed also received the State Award of Distinction in Arts from the Supreme Council of Culture – 2004.