Benutzer:Ahmed Radwan

Ahmed Radwan is an international film and television producer/director, and Managing Director of SPHINX FILMS INT. He was born in Egypt, and is a citizen of Austria, where he has lived since 1991. He studied filmmaking in Cairo and Vienna.

Background

Born in Egypt, Ahmed Radwan soon discovered his passion for art, and for promoting peace and understanding between people and cultures. For his activities at school, such as publishing the school newspaper and expressing himself through his art, he was able to gain admission to Cairo’s Art Academy. There, he discovered film as his preferred medium and soon moved to Vienna, Austria, to study filmmaking.

Career

Radwans experience as a director includes the documentary, Didgeridoo, an Austrian/Australian co-production in the late 1990s, which was the beginning of his intercultural filmmaking career. He has also produced and directed numerous short films, gaining camera experience along the way. Radwan additionally participated in the making of the film Business for Pleasure, where he served in a variety of different functions, and he has previously collaborated on several European productions as well (TV Series, commercials & feature films).

Building on his film making experience and with the support of the Austrian government and Michael Wolkenstein, a partner of Bavaria Film, in 1997 Radwan founded SPHINX FILMS INT. in Vienna, Austria (with partner offices in USA, Cairo, Dubai and Marrakech). His film production company has since served as an international network for the film and television industry – in particular, for projects intended to promote the dialogue between cultures. Radwan has been able to gain important supporters for his endeavours, most notably among them the American producer Branko Lustig (Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, etc.), and he has also managed to build up a network of opinion leaders and high-profile contacts around the world. Today, his business, filmmaking and political contacts are spread across Europe, the US (e.g. New York, Florida and California) and Arab Africa and the Middle East (incl. Egypt, Morocco, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait).

International projects that have been completed with the participation of Ahmed Radwan and/or SPHINX FILMS INT.:

1997 Didgeridoo, a documentary movie, producer and director
2006 Fences(Asswar), TV series, producer for European segments
2009 Alexander the Great from Macedonia, TV Movie, associate producer
2010 First Love, TV series, co-producer
2011 Hopelessly in Love, TV Series, co-producer

Initiatives to enhance cultural understanding:

2004 Development of a film concept for promoting a peaceful dialogue between cultures
2006 Facilitating the realization of Viennese media projects with American intercultural partners in New York
2007 Ahmed Radwan accompanied the President of the Republic of Austria on several official state visits, as a member of the cultural science and art delegation for closer cooperation between Austria and the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt
2010 Organized a film production agreement between Abu Dhabi and Austria
Ongoing Travels around the world (including the film festivals in Cannes, Dubai and Cairo) to collaborate with others on the theme of mutual understanding and cooperation on cultural projects