SHADY EL-HAMUS
Dutch filmmaker Shady El-Hamus is interested in human beings, human stories and stories that appeal on a universal level. He enrolled at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in 2008 to study screenwriting. There, besides writing a lot of short screenplays, he soon realizes he is longing for more and starts directing. Shady graduates from the Netherlands Film Academy in 2012 as screenwriter and director.
He writes MAGNESIUM which is directed by Sam de Jong, and writes and directs ABOUT SONS. At the 2012 Netherlands Film Festival MAGNESIUM was awarded Best Student Film and for both films, Shady has awarded the Dioraphte Award for most outstanding talent. MAGNESIUM got selected for the 2013 edition of the Sundance Film Festival – as many other international film festivals, and was the Dutch entry for the 2013 Student Oscar. In 2015 he graduated from the prestigious MA Directing Fiction Course at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, United Kingdom. His graduation film FAIRUZ - starring acclaimed Palestinian actor Mohammad Bakri – premiered at the 2015 Dubai International Film Festivalas part of the Main Competition. His latest short film NIGHTSHADE (2017) has been selected at Oscar qualifying Encounters Festival, Clermont-Ferrand Int. Short Film Festival, Leeds Int. Film Festival, Busan Int. Short Film Festival. Shady is now developing his first feature film.