Farouq Abdul-Aziz
Farouq Abul-Aziz (born on July 24, 1946 at El-Mahalla El-Kubra, in the
heartland of Egypt's Nile Delta) is a well known TV presenter,
interviewer, writer, producer and director in the Arab World. Debuting
his career in his native country; Egypt in 1966 as an academic arts and
film critic on radio and arts and in the press, Farouq's cultural track
had ushered him, a decade later, into another medium to become an
eminent Arab TV personality with his prime time Kuwait TV weekly film
show "Cine-Club" (1979-1992), followed by another; "Screen Gems"
(2001-2002). During his weekly film show "Cine-Club" he interviewed
many personalities including Mustafa Akkad, Anthony Quinn, Rod Steiger,
Oliver Reed, Jack Hildyard, King Vidor, Francesco Rosi and Andrei
Konchalovsky. One of Farouq's major cultural achievements is founding
and managing (1977-1992) the Kuwait Cine Club a non profit government
sponsored society, organizing, among other activities, about 60
multi-national film festivals for the first time in Gulf region He also
advised Kuwait's Ministers of Information (1980-1990) on the cinematic
section of the cultural protocols signed with foreign bodies. Farouq's
documentary record has featured him in many a role as an interviewer,
writer, producer and director. This slate includes his involvement as
writer and interviewer in the Britain's New Park production of the 60.
min documentary "Vanessa Talks with Farouk Abdulaziz[5]". A portrait of
the life and times of actress Vanessa Redgrave (1980), followed by the
60 min. documentary "The Making Of The Lion of The Desert[6]" in Arabic
and English commissioned by USA's Falcon International (1981). Merhaba
a 40 min. documentary designed for the Arabic speaking marketing, was
commissioned by Turkey's Ministry of culture in 1988.
Farouq had served as a Producer/Co-writer and Director of the International (English) version of the Japanese production "The Silk Road - Part 2". An 18 hour documentary series commissioned by NHK of Japan for worldwide release (1987)- aired on Britain's ITV, Canada's CBC and History Channel, Australia's ABC among others.
Farouq had also researched and produced in 1991, the Kuwait locations segment in Mark Magidson's production of "Baraka"- A Ron Fricke Film. "Baraka" a non-narrative film was shot in a Todd AO (70mm).
Farouq had served as a Producer/Co-writer and Director of the International (English) version of the Japanese production "The Silk Road - Part 2". An 18 hour documentary series commissioned by NHK of Japan for worldwide release (1987)- aired on Britain's ITV, Canada's CBC and History Channel, Australia's ABC among others.
Farouq had also researched and produced in 1991, the Kuwait locations segment in Mark Magidson's production of "Baraka"- A Ron Fricke Film. "Baraka" a non-narrative film was shot in a Todd AO (70mm).