Samir Farid


Samir Farid was an Egyptian writer and a world renowned film critic, journalist and film historian based in Cairo. He authored and/or translated over 60 books since 1966 on Egyptian, Arab and World cinema. He was the consultant for Cinema affairs in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina..
He was a member of jury in International film festivals since 1972.
He also was the Head of The Cairo International Film Festival 2014.

Curriculum vitae

Samir Farid was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1943. He graduated in 1965 from the High Institute of Dramatic Arts, department of Criticism, Academy of Arts. His graduation thesis was entitled "The Meaning of Silence in Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett". He also worked as the film Critic of Al-Gomhoreya daily in Cairo since 1965. Since 1967, he has been invited to more than 200 film festivals and seminars in Africa, Asia, USA and Europe.
He was a member of the Board in the Egyptian magazines Al-Cinema and Al-Talliaa in 1973, the Algerian magazine Al-Shshtan and the Cypriot magazine Al-Ofok.
He was a co-Founder of the National Festival of Short and Documentary films, the National Festival of Feature Films, the Arab Film Critics Union and the Egyptian Film Critics Association,.
Member of FIPRESCI since 1971.
Member of International Jury Boards since 1972.
The editor-in-chef of the Egyptian weekly journal El-Cinema Wa El-Finoun, 1977.
Member of the International Initiating Committee of the General History of Cinema 1982.
The representative of Variety in Cairo 1981- 1985.
Member of the Consultative Board of the Minister of Culture, 1989.
The Cinema Supervisor at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 2001.

Published books