Mohamed Attia

Mohamed Attia (born September 19, 1973) is an Egyptian production designer and art director who is best known for his collaborations with Marwan Hamed, Yousry Nasrallah, Mohamed Khan, and Tarek Alarian. He is also one of the key artistic directors behind the Pharaohs' Golden Parade and the parade that celebrated the restoration of Luxor's Avenue of Sphinxes.

He received the Egyptian National Film Festival's Best Art Design Award for his work in The Blue Elephant, the Egyptian Catholic Center For Cinema's Best Art Director Award for The Originals, the Cairo Design Award's Golden Award in the Production Design Category for Diamond Dust and Blue Elephant: Dark Whispers, and the Silver Award for his work in Sons of Rizk 2.

Education and career

Attia studied dentistry at Cairo University for five months before deciding it wasn't his passion. He then transferred to the Faculty of Fine Arts in Zamalek, where he interned on the set of Al Mohager (The Emigrant) — a 1994 film directed by Youssef Chahine.

In 1995, he completed his architectural studies and began working as a draftsman in France. After working on drawings for over three years, he jumped at the chance to return to Cairo and help renovate buildings at the 1930s-era production complex Studio Misr. There, he met production designer and art director Salah Marei, who encouraged him to change careers and introduced him to film director Khan.

Filmography + Filmography Year Title Director 2004 Klephty Mohamed Khan 2007 In the Heliopolis Flat Mohamed Khan 2009 Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story Yousry Nasrallah 2012 After the Battle Yousry Nasrallah 2014 The Blue Elephant Marwan Hamed 2015 Sons of Rizk Tarek Alarian 2015 The Walls of the Moon Yousry Nasrallah 2017 The Originals Marwan Hamed 2017 The Cell Tarek Alarian 2018 Diamond Dust Marwan Hamed 2019 The Blue Elephant 2 Marwan Hamed 2021 The Knower Ahmad Ala El-Dib

TV + TV Year Title Director 2014 Soula Tarek Alarian 2016 Afrah Alqoba Mohamed Yassin 2019 Sahranin Mohamed Bakir 2021 Abla Fahita: Drama Queen Khaled Marei 2022 The Eight Reda Abd Elrazek, Ahmed Medhat

Awards + Awards Year Ceremony Category Film 2009 Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema Best Set Design Awards Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story 2012 Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema Best Set Design Awards After the Battle 2014 Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema Best Set Design Awards The Blue Elephant 2014 Egyptian National Film Festival Best Art Design The Blue Elephant 2015 Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema Best Set Design Awards The Walls of the Moon 2015 Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema Best Set Design Awards Sons of Rizk 2016 Cairo Design Awards Silver Award Afrah Alqoba 2017 Egyptian Catholic Center For Cinema Best Art Director Award The Originals 2018 Cairo Design Awards Golden Award Diamond Dust 2019 Cairo Design Awards Golden Award The Blue Elephant 2 2019 Cairo Design Awards Silver Award Sons of Rizk 2