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Wael Hamdy

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  • Born
    August 20, 1974 · Damietta, Egypt

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  • For more than 20 years, the Egyptian screenwriter Wael Hamdy has been working in the Film and TV industry, writing more than 20 titles. Wael Hamdy started out his career with the screenwriting workshop for Aalam Semsem, the Egyptian version of Sesame Street, which he has been leading since 2006. In 2017, Hamdy worked as a mentor for many film projects in Birthmark Scenario workshop, Bashtery Ragel (aka: A Man Wanted on Netflix) being its first production. In 2022 he took place as a mentor again in 6X6 lab workshop which organized by NCIG and Netflix in Kuwait to develop six Gulf projects for TV. For now, Hamdy is working as a creative consultant with Shasha, a new platform launched recently in Kuwait. Wael Hamdy has experience in journalism as an editor and film critic in many newspapers and magazines. From 2003 to 2007, he worked as a managing editor for Good News Cinema magazine. It is noteworthy that Hamdy transferred the Faculty of Engineering to the Faculty of Arts, in order to get closer to his dream of being a professional writer.
    - IMDb mini biography by: Wael Hamdy
  • In 2017, Hamdy worked as a mentor for many film projects in Birthmark Scenario workshop, Bashtery Ragel (aka: A Man Wanted on Netflix) being its first production. In 2022 he took place as a mentor again in 6X6 lab workshop which organized by NCIG and Netflix in Kuwait to develop six Gulf projects for TV. For now, Hamdy is working as a creative consultant with Shasha, a new platform launched recently in Kuwait. Wael Hamdy has experience in journalism as an editor and film critic in many newspapers and magazines. From 2003 to 2007, he worked as a managing editor for Good News Cinema magazine. It is noteworthy that Hamdy transferred the Faculty of Engineering to the Faculty of Arts, in order to get closer to his dream of being a professional writer.
    - IMDb mini biography by: Wael Hamdy

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