Who is Shadi Abd El Salam

• Born in Alexandria on 15 March 1930
• Graduated from Victoria College, Alexandria, 1948
• Studied Theater Arts in England from 1949 to 1950
• Graduated as an architect from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Cairo, 1955

Shadi Abdel Salam and his sister in 1936

• Worked as assistant to the artistic architect, Ramsis W. Wassef, 1957
• Designed the decorations and costumes of some of the most famous historical Egyptian films:
  Wa Islamah, El-Nasser Salah El-Din, Almaz wa Abdu El Hamouly.

Shadi Abdel Salam at one of his movie makings

• Worked as a historical consultant and supervisor of the decoration, costumes and accessories sections of the Polish film (Pharaoh), directed by Kavelorovitch.
• Directed the long drama film entitled The Night of Counting the Years (Al-Momiaa), 1968-1969, and received many film awards for this work. Also directed the short drama film entitled El-Falah El-Faseeh (The Eloquent Villager)

Scene from The Night of Counting the Years

• Worked as the Director of the Ministry of Culture Center for experimental films, 1970
• Wrote the scenario of the long drama film entitled Ikhnatoun and finalized the relevant designs, 1974-1985

Preparing the Ikhnatoun Mask

• Taught at the Cinema Higher Institute in the Departments of Decorations, Costumes and Film Direction, 1963-1969
• Passed away on 8 October 1986.