Khaled Youssef, is an Egyptian director and film writer, being the most loyal student of Youssef Chahine, he acquired his name "Youssef". The film director fights against the values he believes are holding Egyptian society back, despite attacks that he is promoting immorality. Born in 1965, Youssef is the youngest of his father’s 13 sons from seven marriages. He eventually left his village to study electrical and communication engineering at the Cairo campus of Banha University. Inspired by his love for the silver screen, Youssef invited his favorite directors to give public lectures at the university. One of them was Youssef Chahine.
At 25, Youssef entered Chahine’s shooting location and immediately decided he’d found his career. After successfully completing his first film as an assistant, he was hired to assist Chahine on his hit film Al-Maseer, shot in five countries. After the success of Al-Maseer, Chahine told Youssef that he was ready to start his own path directing, but Youssef, not yet feeling confident, continued to work by Chahine’s side on many movies like:Al Maseer, Al Mouhajer, Hiya Fawda... In 2001, he launched his first film Al-Asefa (The Storm), which received the Silver Pyramid Award at the Cairo Film Festival. He wrote and directed many films since 1999, some of which are considered among the best Egyptian films of the last few years such as "El Rayes Omar Harb", "Dukan Shahata" with the Lebanese star Haifa Wehbe...
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