Radwan El-Kashef

Radwan El-Kashef was born in the Sayeda Zeinab neighborhood of Cairo in 1952, and his roots trace back to Sohag in Upper Egypt. He obtained a BA in Philosophy from Cairo University, then enrolled in the Cinema Institute; his final project, the short film "Al-Janoubiya" ("The Southern Woman"), later received the First Work Award from the Ministry of Culture. El-Kashef worked as assistant director on some twenty films, with directors such as Youssef Chahine, Raafat El-Mihi, and Daoud Abdel Sayed. He then co-wrote and directed the films Leh Ya Banafsaj (Why, Violet?, 1993) and Araq Al-Balah (Date Wine, 1998). His last film, in 2001, was Al-Saher (The Magician), and he passed away in June 2002.