Bashir El Deek — Director | Biography, Movies & Career

Biography

Bashir El Deek is an Egyptian cinema figure. El Deek earned his Bachelor’s Degree in commerce from Cairo University in June 1966. Prior to the start of his career as a screenwriter he authored several short stories, publishing them in magazines in Egypt and across the Arab World.d. His debut as a screenwriter came in the film “Ma’aa Sabaq Al Assrar” which was directed by Ashraf Fahmy. The film starred Mahmoud Yassin, Nour El Shereef and Mervat Amin and began screening on February 1978.

Bashir has directed “Al Toufan” (“The Deluge”), a movie which starred Mahmoud A’bd Al A’ziz, Farouq Al Fishawy, Mahmoud Al Guindy and Amina Rezk. He has also directed “Sikkat Saffar” (“Traveller’s Way”) which starred Nour El Shereef, Noura, Hassan Moustafa, A’bd Al Salam Mohamed, Ahmad Badeer and others.

Beginning in 1984 and continuing till today, Basheer has provided screenplays for several television series. Basheer has also worked on animations whereby he wrote the screenplay for “Al Faris wa Al Amira” (“The Knight and The Princess”) and directed the work following the death of the original director Mohamed Hassib.

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