Mohamed Attia (born September 19, 1973) is an Egyptian production designer and art director who is best known for his collaborations with Marwan Hamed, Yousry Nasrallah, Mohamed Khan, and Tarek Alarian.[1] He is also one of the key artistic directors behind the Pharaohs' Golden Parade and the parade that celebrated the restoration of Luxor's Avenue of Sphinxes.[2]

He received the Egyptian National Film Festival's Best Art Design Award for his work in The Blue Elephant, the Egyptian Catholic Center For Cinema's Best Art Director Award for The Originals, the Cairo Design Award's Golden Award in the Production Design Category for Diamond Dust and Blue Elephant: Dark Whispers, and the Silver Award for his work in Sons of Rizk 2.[3]

Education and career

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Attia studied dentistry at Cairo University for five months before deciding it wasn't his passion. He then transferred to the Faculty of Fine Arts in Zamalek, where he interned on the set of Al Mohager (The Emigrant) — a 1994 film directed by Youssef Chahine.[4]

In 1995, he completed his architectural studies and began working as a draftsman in France. After working on drawings for over three years, he jumped at the chance to return to Cairo and help renovate buildings at the 1930s-era production complex Studio Misr. There, he met production designer and art director Salah Marei, who encouraged him to change careers and introduced him to film director Khan.[5]

Filmography

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Filmography[6]
Year Title Director
2004 Klephty Mohamed Khan
2007 In the Heliopolis Flat Mohamed Khan
2009 Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story Yousry Nasrallah
2012 After the Battle Yousry Nasrallah
2014 The Blue Elephant Marwan Hamed
2015 Sons of Rizk Tarek Alarian
2015 The Walls of the Moon Yousry Nasrallah
2017 The Originals Marwan Hamed
2017 The Cell Tarek Alarian
2018 Diamond Dust Marwan Hamed
2019 The Blue Elephant 2 Marwan Hamed
2021 The Knower Ahmad Ala El-Dib
TV[7]
Year Title Director
2014 Soula Tarek Alarian
2016 Afrah Alqoba Mohamed Yassin
2019 Sahranin Mohamed Bakir
2021 Abla Fahita: Drama Queen Khaled Marei
2022 The Eight Reda Abd Elrazek, Ahmed Medhat
Awards[8]
Year Ceremony Category Film
2009 Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema Best Set Design Awards Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story
2012 Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema Best Set Design Awards After the Battle
2014 Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema Best Set Design Awards The Blue Elephant
2014 Egyptian National Film Festival Best Art Design The Blue Elephant
2015 Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema Best Set Design Awards The Walls of the Moon
2015 Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema Best Set Design Awards Sons of Rizk
2016 Cairo Design Awards Silver Award Afrah Alqoba
2017 Egyptian Catholic Center For Cinema Best Art Director Award The Originals
2018 Cairo Design Awards Golden Award Diamond Dust
2019 Cairo Design Awards Golden Award The Blue Elephant 2
2019 Cairo Design Awards Silver Award Sons of Rizk 2

References

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  1. ^ "Promoting Egypt - Heritage - Al-Ahram Weekly". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  2. ^ https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/egyptian-production-designer-mohamed-attia-says-mummies-parade-a-career-highlight-1.1209139
  3. ^ Solutions, M. A. D. "Mohamed Attia". MAD Celebrity. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  4. ^ https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/egyptian-production-designer-mohamed-attia-says-mummies-parade-a-career-highlight-1.1209139
  5. ^ "Promoting Egypt - Heritage - Al-Ahram Weekly". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  6. ^ https://elcinema.com/en/person/2105009/
  7. ^ https://elcinema.com/en/person/2105009/
  8. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2083381/