Mohammed Fadel

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Mohammed Fadel
NationalityEgyptian
Occupationtelevision and film director

Mohammed Fadel (name also spelled Muhammad Fadil) is a veteran Egyptian television and film director. Fadel, along with Osama Anwar Okasha and Inaam Mohamed Ali, is credited in Egypt for establishing the genre of Egyptian dramatic serial television. [1] He is considered a "godfather" of Egyptian television serials. [2]

Fadel began his career in the 1950s in radio. [3] He wrote a number of television series in the 1960s and 1970s, the most notable of which was the comedic soap opera Al-Qahira wa-l-nas ("Cairo and the People"), which was themed on modernity and cultural authenticity. Divided into half-hour segments, the show was similar to American sitcom television, making it unique in Egyptian media during its time. [4] Afterwards, he directed a psychological film Etnen Wahed Sifr ("2-1-0") (1974) starring Salah Zulfikar, this was a breakthrough, followed by the Ramadan soap operas Abna'i Al-A'izza', Shukran ("Dear Children, Thank You") in the late 1970s, Rihlat El-Sayyid Abul-Ela El-Bishri ("The Journey of Mr Abul-Ela El-Bishri") in the 1980s, [5] Li Dawa'i Amniya ("For Security Measures") in 2005, [6] and Sekket el-Hilali ("El-Hilali's Path") in 2006. [5]

His reputation was significantly raised with his television series "White Flag" (1989), written by Okasha. The show was set in Alexandria and dealt with Egypt's wide income disparity, criminals-turned-wealthy and Egyptian high life. [7] Fadel directed the 1982 romance film Hobb fil Zinzana ("Love in the Prison Cell") starring Soad Hosny, [8] the first films on Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser in Nasser 56 (1996) starring Ahmed Zaki, [9] and Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum in the 1999 film Kawkab al-Sharq ("Star of the Orient"). [10] The latter starred Fadel's wife, veteran actress Ferdous Abdel-Hamid. [11]

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