Amir El-Shenawy

Amir El-Shenawy is an Egyptian documentary director and producer. He is best known for his feature documentary debut, Kilo 64, which had its world premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival in 2018, earning nominations for both Best Arab Film and Best Artistic Contribution awards, and winning the First Feature Film prize from the National Festival for Egyptian Cinema. His short documentary 'EDRIS' won a Special Mention Jury Award at the official competition of Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia in 2022. After studying journalism at the Danish School of Media in Denmark in 2011, Amir earned his BA from the American University in Cairo in 2013, majoring in Media Arts and double minoring in Film and Arab & Islamic Civilizations. He then received his MA in Screen Documentary from Goldsmiths University, London, in 2017. Since 2021, El Shenawy has been an adjunct faculty at the American University in Cairo where he teaches filmmaking courses. Amir is currently working on his second feature documentary project, American Dream.