Bashir El Deek is a renowned figure in Egyptian cinema. He earned his bachelor’s degree in commerce from Cairo University in June 1966, before he launched his career as a screenwriter with the film “Ma’aa Sabaq Al Assrar,” which was directed by Ashraf Fahmy. The film starred Mahmoud Yassin, Nour El-Sherif and Mervat Amin, and was released on February 1978. El Deek directed “Al Toufan” (“The Deluge”), a movie starring Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Farouk Al-Fishawy, Mahmoud El Gendy and Amina Rizk. He also directed “Sikkat Saffar” (“Traveller’s Way”), starring Nour El-Sherif, Noura, Hassan Moustafa, Abdel Salam Mohamed, Ahmed Badeer and others. Since 1984, Basheer has written screenplays for several television series.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
