Basm Essam
- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Basm Esam is an Egyptian visual artist and filmmaker. Raised in the city of az-Zaqaziq, Egypt, his passion for film form led him to self-teach himself the craft of filmmaking, having a guerrilla approach to researching and producing his own films which mainly focused on social issues and under-represented minorities. After working at Axeer Studios' creative team, He went on to study filmmaking in France in 2014, followed by a Master's in Arts from The Northern Film School in the UK.