Saeed Hamed

Sudanese, born in February 5 1958 – Khartoum, studied cinematography editing at the Higher Institute of Cinema. Started his career as assistant director with many notable Egyptian directors like Saad Arafa, Muhammad Khaan, Sherif Arafa and Raafat al-Meehy in films “Waad Maktoub i.e. Destined”, “Al-mouled”, “Samaa Hoss i.e. Shhhht”, “Al-le’b maa al-kobaar i.e. Playing with the big guys” and “Ya mahalabeyya ya”. 1989 witnessed his first film as a director “Al-hobb fel-tallaaga i.e. Refrigerated love”. Nine years later, directed the box office record breaker “Saeedy fel-gamaa al-Amrikeyya i.e. Upper-Egyptian in the AUC” starring Muhammad Heneidy. Heneidy starred other films by Saeed Hamed like “Hammaam fee Amsterdam i.e. Hammaam in Amsterdam” and “Ga’ana al-bayaan al-taaly i.e. Breaking news”, other films “Short we fanella we cap i.e. Shorts, T-shirt and cap” and “Tabbaakh al-rayyes i.e. President’s cook”. He also directed two TV series Hanaan Turk’s “Haanem bent pasha i.e. Her highness” and Heshaam Seleem’s“Ekhtefaa Saeed Mahraan i.e. Disappearance of Saeed Mahraan”.

Known for

Hammaam in Amsterdam