Abdullah Al-Ghaly

Libya
Abdullah Al-Ghaly is a Libyan writer and editor who studied filmmaking and animation at Cairo Cinema Institute and graduated with honors in 2007. In 2009, he made his directorial debut with the short experimental Times, produced by the Egyptian Film Center. In 2011, he co-founded Hassala films, a collective to support young filmmakers to realize their projects. In 2010, he edited the feature documentary Talaat Harb by the Egyptian director Sayed Said and produced by the Egyptian Film Center. In 2014, he edited the feature documentary The Egyptian Caricature by Sherif Al-Moghazy, produced by Al Jazeera’s documentary channel. In 2016, he collaborated with Hala Lotfy, co-writing her second feature, The Bridge. In 2017, he co-wrote the TV Drama series Haza Al Masaa by Tamer Mohsen. In 2018, he edited the feature documentary Yossef Edris by Sherif Al-Moghazy, produced by Al Jazeera. In 2021, he co-wrote the TV Drama series Gooma Fares as-Sahra.