Ayten Amin (Arabic: آيتن أمين) is an Egyptian film director. She began her career making documentary films during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. She is best known for Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician and Villa 69.

Ayten Amin
Born
Ayten Amin

1978
Alexandria, Egypt
NationalityEgyptian
Alma materAmerican University in Cairo
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, Director, Screenwriter
Years active2005-present
Notable workVilla 69, Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician

Early life

Ayten Amin was born in Alexandria, Egypt. She studied Film Criticism in 2001. Her first films were shorts about belly dancing and Egyptian actress Madiha Kamel in 2005. At American University in Cairo, she produced Her Man, which was screened in 10 international film festivals. She began working as an Assistant Director in 2008. Her breakout was in 2011 with SPRING 89 which was shown at Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Film career

Ayten Amin's most recognized film is Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician. She was in Cairo during the January 25th protests and the Egyptian Revolution, and the interest of the protests prompted her filming them and co-directing Tahrir 2011, with her part of the contribution being The Bad. This film catapulted her film career out of obscurity, allowing her to create Villa 69 and gaining notable roles in writing and producing. Her film Souad, which premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival,[2] was included in The Guardian's 50 Best Films of 2021 in the UK.[3]

Reception

Amin is a young filmmaker and has been critiqued in the creation of Villa 69 for taking on too difficult of a project than she could bring to completion.[4] Her contribution to Tahrir 2011 has been critiqued as being unique but nothing extraordinary in that the proponents of the Mubarak regime she interviewed fell in with their expected role and were predictable.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Ayten Amin". Festival Scope. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Souad | 2021 Tribeca Festival". Tribeca. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  3. ↑ "The 50 best films of 2021 in the UK: 50-21". the Guardian. 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  4. ↑ "Film Review: 'Villa 69'". Variety. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician: Venice Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.