Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab
Zaki Abdel Wahab (February 18, 1961 - March 20, 2022) was an Egyptian actor and film director. He was the son of renowned Egyptian singer Laila Mourad and director Fatin Abdel Wahab. He graduated from the Directing Department of the Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema in 1983. Abdel Wahab worked as a second assistant director in the movie People on the Top (1981) and as an assistant director in many of Youssef Chahine's films, including The Sixth Day (1986), in which he made his debut as an actor. He also acted in Alexandria Again and Forever (1989), I Love Cinema (2004), and starred in Yousry Nasrallah's Mercedes (1993). In 1996, Zaki directed his feature film Romantica, which was a biography of his life. He was the location manager of American films and miniseries shot in Egypt such as Mysteries of Egypt (1998) and The Mummy Returns (2001). Zaki married actress Soad Hosny in 1981 after she separated from the film director Ali Badrakhan. However, they separated after only a few months of marriage, and he stated in more than one interview that the reason was his mother's opposition. He died in 2022 after a battle with lung cancer.
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- 2022 · The Spider as
- 2021 · COVID-25 as Salah Saeed
- 2021 · Bayn El Samaa W El Ard as
- 2020 · The End as Head Commander
- 2018 · Rahim as
- 2018 · Ayoub as
- 2018 · Karma's Curse as
- 2017 · The Flood as
- 2017 · The Sun Will Never Set as
- 2017 · No Trespassing or Cameras Allowed as لطيف - زوج ثريا
- 2017 · Cactus Flower as Mourad Helmy
- 2016 · Suicidal Notions as
- 2016 · Birth Certificate as اللواء جلال ضياء الدين
- 2016 · Above Suspicion as
- 2016 · Sins of the Flesh as مراد
- 2016 · Red Sulfur as
- 2015 · Esteefa as
- 2014 · Hadeed as
- 2014 · Adam's Apple as
- 2013 · Temporary Name as
- 2013 · The Second Wife as
- 2013 · The Oracle as
- 2012 · The Thug as
- 2011 · A Whole One as
- 2011 · Citizen X as
- 2011 · Shubra Rotation as
- 2011 · El Fagommi as
- 2010 · The People of Cairo as
- 2010 · Soft Life as
- 2004 · I Love Cinema as
- 2003 · Violence and Sarcasm as
- 2001 · Silence... We're Rolling as
- 1999 · The City as The Director / Tifa
- 1993 · Mercedes as Nubi
- 1989 · Alexandria Again and Forever as Guindi
- 1988 · Summer Thefts as Pasha
- 1986 · The Sixth Day as