Hesham was born in Egypt, and moved to the United States in 1990. He attended film school, Columbia College Chicago, and graduated in 1996.[6] He began his career working at a local TV station as an editor and in the documentary world before directing a few short subjects of his own. He wrote and directed the 2004 short film, The Interrogation, which won best creative short film at the New York Film Festival and best music score at the California Film Festival. In 2005, he co-wrote and directed the short film, T for Terrorist, which won best short film at both the Boston and San Francisco Film Festivals.
In 2015, he finished his latest film, The Price, which was screened at the Cairo International Film Festival and was released in Egyptian theater later.[12]
hesham, issawi, arabic, هشام, عيسوي, egyptian, american, writer, director, best, known, work, films, americaneast, cairo, exit, bornegyptoccupation, director, writer, produceryears, active1995, present, contents, life, career, filmography, references, external. Hesham Issawi Arabic هشام عيسوي is an Egyptian American writer and director 1 2 3 He is best known for his work on the films AmericanEast and Cairo Exit 4 5 Hesham IssawiBornEgyptOccupation s Director writer and producerYears active1995 present Contents 1 Life and career 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External linksLife and career editHesham was born in Egypt and moved to the United States in 1990 He attended film school Columbia College Chicago and graduated in 1996 6 He began his career working at a local TV station as an editor and in the documentary world before directing a few short subjects of his own He wrote and directed the 2004 short film The Interrogation which won best creative short film at the New York Film Festival and best music score at the California Film Festival In 2005 he co wrote and directed the short film T for Terrorist which won best short film at both the Boston and San Francisco Film Festivals Hesham s debut feature film AmericanEast about the plight of Middle Eastern people in America after 9 11 starred Sayed Badreya Tony Shalhoub and Sarah Shahi The movie was screened at the Dubai International Film Festival and won best picture at the Madrid Film Festival 2008 7 Hesham has lived between Cairo and Los Angeles since 2010 Believing in independent cinema he decided to make Cairo Exit in his homeland The movie was shot in Cairo with no permits due to the censorship rejecting the script 8 The film was screened at the Dubai International Film Festival Tribeca Film Festival and many other festivals 9 The film won one future prize at the Filmfest Munchen It won prizes at Filmfest Munchen and the European Independent film festival 10 11 In 2015 he finished his latest film The Price which was screened at the Cairo International Film Festival and was released in Egyptian theater later 12 Filmography editYear Title Writer Director Producer Notes2002 Saving the Sphinx nbsp N nbsp N nbsp Y2003 Saving Egyptian Film Classics nbsp Y nbsp N nbsp N2004 The Interrogation nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y Short film2005 T for Terrorist nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y Short film2005 Mush nbsp N nbsp N nbsp Y Short film2008 AmericanEast nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp N2010 Cairo Exit nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp N2014 Brother in Terror Documentary nbsp N nbsp N nbsp Y2015 The Price nbsp N nbsp Y nbsp N2019 High Fences nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp N Post productionAs editor 2003 The Mole 2003 Saving Egyptian Film Classics 2004 The Interrogation 2005 T for Terrorist 2005 Voices of Iraq 2006 Things You Don t Tell References edit Meet the 2011 Tribeca Filmmakers Cairo Exit Director Hesham Issawi indiewire com Retrieved 2019 08 01 Hesham Issawi torinofilmlab it Retrieved 2019 08 01 Director goes off Egypt s script latimes com Retrieved 2019 08 01 AmericanEast variety com Retrieved 2019 08 01 HESHAM ISSAWI CAIRO EXIT tribecafilm com Retrieved 2019 08 01 Hesham Issawi spla pro Retrieved 2019 08 01 AmericanEast Comes to DC wrmea org Retrieved 2019 08 01 Previously banned tale of forbidden love may now be shown in Egypt theguardian com Retrieved 2019 08 01 Diff makes pride of place for Cairo Exit thenational ae Retrieved 2019 08 01 AWARDS amp WINNERS filmfest muenchen de Retrieved 2019 08 01 The European Independent Film Festival ECU April 1 2 and 3 in Paris theblondecherie com Retrieved 2019 08 01 El Teman The Price berlinale talents de Retrieved 2019 08 01 External links editHesham Issawi at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hesham Issawi amp oldid 1171853104, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
