Dr. Ramses Marzouk is one of the most popular Egyptian cinematographers. The Malta International Film Festival will organize an exhibition collecting a selection of photos from his most successful films.

The exhibition counts more then 100 images, it will follow and document the history of Egyptian cinema throughout Marzouk’s work from black and white till his most recent features.

Ramses Marzouk has worked as the director of photography in more than 50 feature films and many other short and documentary films.

Ramses was born in Giza, Egypt on June 1, 1940. He studied at Cairo High Film Institute and graduated in 1963. After graduation he went to Italy to continue his studies. From there he went to France where he received his doctorate from the prestigious Sorbonne University. His photographic work was exhibited at the French Cinématheque on two separate occasions, first in 1968 and then again in 1970. In 1979 his combined works of photography and films were shown in a special tribute at the Centre George Pompidou in Paris. As a director of photography Ramses has collected more than 50 international and national awards during his 40 years career in Egyptian Cinema. He has been tribute about 10 time in international festivals and participated as a jury member in many international festivals.

He was the first director of photography to be listed in the International Movie Database. He has been mentioned in the acclaimed book “World Cinema Diary of a day” by Mitchell Beazley, a celebration of the centenary of cinema, and also in the French book “Dictionnaire des nouveaux cinémas arabes” by Claude Michel Cluny.

From his films: Alexandria New York, Alexandria more and more and The Emigrant by Yousef Chahine, Mercedes and Summer thefts by Yousry Nasrallah, Climbing to the bottom by Kamal El Sheikh, The Dawn Visitor by Mamdouh Shokry, The Innocents by Mohamed Rady, Why Violet ? by Radwan Al Khasef, First year love by four of the greatest Egyptian directors and Adam’s autumn by Mohamed Kamel Al Qaluobi.