Mohamed Attia (born September 19, 1973) is an Egyptian production designer and art director who is best known for his collaborations with Marwan Hamed, Yousry Nasrallah, Mohamed Khan, and Tarek Alarian.[1] He is also one of the key artistic directors behind the Pharaohs' Golden Parade and the parade that celebrated the restoration of Luxor's Avenue of Sphinxes.[2]
He received the Egyptian National Film Festival's Best Art Design Award for his work in The Blue Elephant, the Egyptian Catholic Center For Cinema's Best Art Director Award for The Originals, the Cairo Design Award's Golden Award in the Production Design Category for Diamond Dust and Blue Elephant: Dark Whispers, and the Silver Award for his work in Sons of Rizk 2.[3]
Education and career
editAttia studied dentistry at Cairo University for five months before deciding it wasn't his passion. He then transferred to the Faculty of Fine Arts in Zamalek, where he interned on the set of Al Mohager (The Emigrant) — a 1994 film directed by Youssef Chahine.[4]
In 1995, he completed his architectural studies and began working as a draftsman in France. After working on drawings for over three years, he jumped at the chance to return to Cairo and help renovate buildings at the 1930s-era production complex Studio Misr. There, he met production designer and art director Salah Marei, who encouraged him to change careers and introduced him to film director Khan.[5]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Klephty | Mohamed Khan |
| 2007 | In the Heliopolis Flat | Mohamed Khan |
| 2009 | Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story | Yousry Nasrallah |
| 2012 | After the Battle | Yousry Nasrallah |
| 2014 | The Blue Elephant | Marwan Hamed |
| 2015 | Sons of Rizk | Tarek Alarian |
| 2015 | The Walls of the Moon | Yousry Nasrallah |
| 2017 | The Originals | Marwan Hamed |
| 2017 | The Cell | Tarek Alarian |
| 2018 | Diamond Dust | Marwan Hamed |
| 2019 | The Blue Elephant 2 | Marwan Hamed |
| 2021 | The Knower | Ahmad Ala El-Dib |
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Soula | Tarek Alarian |
| 2016 | Afrah Alqoba | Mohamed Yassin |
| 2019 | Sahranin | Mohamed Bakir |
| 2021 | Abla Fahita: Drama Queen | Khaled Marei |
| 2022 | The Eight | Reda Abd Elrazek, Ahmed Medhat |
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema | Best Set Design Awards | Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story |
| 2012 | Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema | Best Set Design Awards | After the Battle |
| 2014 | Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema | Best Set Design Awards | The Blue Elephant |
| 2014 | Egyptian National Film Festival | Best Art Design | The Blue Elephant |
| 2015 | Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema | Best Set Design Awards | The Walls of the Moon |
| 2015 | Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema | Best Set Design Awards | Sons of Rizk |
| 2016 | Cairo Design Awards | Silver Award | Afrah Alqoba |
| 2017 | Egyptian Catholic Center For Cinema | Best Art Director Award | The Originals |
| 2018 | Cairo Design Awards | Golden Award | Diamond Dust |
| 2019 | Cairo Design Awards | Golden Award | The Blue Elephant 2 |
| 2019 | Cairo Design Awards | Silver Award | Sons of Rizk 2 |
References
edit- ^ "Promoting Egypt - Heritage - Al-Ahram Weekly". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/egyptian-production-designer-mohamed-attia-says-mummies-parade-a-career-highlight-1.1209139
- ^ Solutions, M. A. D. "Mohamed Attia". MAD Celebrity. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/egyptian-production-designer-mohamed-attia-says-mummies-parade-a-career-highlight-1.1209139
- ^ "Promoting Egypt - Heritage - Al-Ahram Weekly". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ https://elcinema.com/en/person/2105009/
- ^ https://elcinema.com/en/person/2105009/
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2083381/