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Ibrahim El Batout ( Arabic: إبراهيم البطوط) is an Egyptian filmmaker, based in Cairo, Egypt. Born in Port Said on 20 September 1963. He has worked as a director, producer and cameraman capturing stories mainly about human loss, suffering, and displacement since 1987.
Ibrahim El-Batout. Writer: Winter of Discontent. Ibrahim El-Batout, who was born on the 20th of September, 1963 in Portsaid, is a graduate of the American University in Cairo in 1985, majoring in Physics. El Batout's infatuation with the camera started in the Video Cairo Production House, an agency that provides facilities for foreign TV-stations.
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- Writer, Director, Cinematographer
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May 30, 2010 · Ibrahim El Batout - Independent Egyptian Filmmaker talks about " Finding Plenty In Nothingness"About TEDx, x = independently organized eventIn the spirit of ...
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Biography. Ibrahim El-Batout was born on September 20, 1963 in Portsaid, Egypt. He majored in Physics at the American University in Cairo in 1985. He first started working as a sound engineer at the Cairo Production House. Shortly afterwards, El Batout began to experiment with filmmaking. ... Read more. Nationality: Egypt. Date of Birth:
Biography. Born in Egypt in 1963, Ibrahim started his filmmaking career in 1985 as a war cameraman. In 2005, El Batout made his first low budget feature film Ithaki (2005) reflecting on his return to his homeland. His second film Ein Shams (2008) won the Golden Tauro, the top prize at the 54th Taormina Film Festival in 2008.
From 1987-2004 he worked as a director, producer and cameraman, documenting war zones for international television conglomerates. During this time El-Batout had a hand in capturing twelve wars on camera, including but not limited to Sri Lanka, Rwanda, Palestine, and the Iraq-Iran war.
Jun 15, 2009 · The Egyptian director Ibrahim El Batout's "Ein Shams – Eye of the Sun" is a moving and very contemporary feature film focusing on the inhabitants of a poor neighbourhood in Cairo – made without the support of the authorities. Amin El-Arousi watched the film.
