Ahmed Beshary
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
Ahmed Beshary (Chico) is young Director of Photography (DOP), whose exceptional talent and professionalism propelled his career in a short span of time, becoming the youngest director of photography in the Arab world. His works have been to several international festivals, featuring the names of salient filmmakers, directors and DOPs in Egypt. His oeuvre includes Amr Salama's Paranormal, Netflix's first foray into Egyptian drama.
During his studies at the High Cinema Institute, he worked as a cinematographer in several remarkable works. He worked as an assistant director of photography in Wahed-Sefr with director Kamla Abouzekri and DOP Nancy Abdelfattah, who believed in his talent giving him another chance to collaborate with her and Abouzekri in the TV hits: Zat and Segn El Nesa. He went on to work on several TV and film hits such as: Magnoun Leila and Ahl Cairo, among many others. At the age of 25, he landed his debut as a DOP in the TV serial drama Ana Eshekt by director Mariam Ahmady.
Best known for his passion for knowledge and education, Chico attended several workshops and courses across Los Angeles, Rome, Amsterdam, and Nice, to acquire new cinematography skills; such as camera movement, coloring, hidden lighting techniques, and filmmaking. This added up to his talent, and soon landed him in the DOP seat of several high-profile works, including, Sheikh Jackson that world premiered at Toronto International Film Festival, and was Egypt's official submission to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film Category. His works also includes Mawlana by director Magdy Ahmed that won the Circle Award at the Washington, D.C. Film Festival, and Men Dahr Ragel by director Kareem El Sobky that was an official selection at Cairo International Film Festival.
In addition, Chico has under his belt more than 200 TV commercials in collaboration with several high-profile brands in Egypt and abroad, including: Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Vodafone, Orange, Etisalat, Samsung, WE, Mcdonald's, Chipsy and BMW. For Summer 2021, he worked on Pepsi ad that featured superstar Amr Diab, and Coca Cola X Orange ad, featuring Tamer Hosny (Director's Cut) 2021. His works in 2021 include Netflix's Paranormal by director Amr Salama, Barra El Manhag film by Amr Salama, which was selected at the official competition of Red Sea International Film Festival, and Amar 14 film by director Hadi El Bagoury, which took part in the 5th edition of EL Gouna Film Festival, as well as the Hazeena music video, Habibty music video - Hassan Shakosh FT Yasmin Raeis, and Law Kont music video- Haifa and Akram Hosny.
During his studies at the High Cinema Institute, he worked as a cinematographer in several remarkable works. He worked as an assistant director of photography in Wahed-Sefr with director Kamla Abouzekri and DOP Nancy Abdelfattah, who believed in his talent giving him another chance to collaborate with her and Abouzekri in the TV hits: Zat and Segn El Nesa. He went on to work on several TV and film hits such as: Magnoun Leila and Ahl Cairo, among many others. At the age of 25, he landed his debut as a DOP in the TV serial drama Ana Eshekt by director Mariam Ahmady.
Best known for his passion for knowledge and education, Chico attended several workshops and courses across Los Angeles, Rome, Amsterdam, and Nice, to acquire new cinematography skills; such as camera movement, coloring, hidden lighting techniques, and filmmaking. This added up to his talent, and soon landed him in the DOP seat of several high-profile works, including, Sheikh Jackson that world premiered at Toronto International Film Festival, and was Egypt's official submission to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film Category. His works also includes Mawlana by director Magdy Ahmed that won the Circle Award at the Washington, D.C. Film Festival, and Men Dahr Ragel by director Kareem El Sobky that was an official selection at Cairo International Film Festival.
In addition, Chico has under his belt more than 200 TV commercials in collaboration with several high-profile brands in Egypt and abroad, including: Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Vodafone, Orange, Etisalat, Samsung, WE, Mcdonald's, Chipsy and BMW. For Summer 2021, he worked on Pepsi ad that featured superstar Amr Diab, and Coca Cola X Orange ad, featuring Tamer Hosny (Director's Cut) 2021. His works in 2021 include Netflix's Paranormal by director Amr Salama, Barra El Manhag film by Amr Salama, which was selected at the official competition of Red Sea International Film Festival, and Amar 14 film by director Hadi El Bagoury, which took part in the 5th edition of EL Gouna Film Festival, as well as the Hazeena music video, Habibty music video - Hassan Shakosh FT Yasmin Raeis, and Law Kont music video- Haifa and Akram Hosny.