Age: 55
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Amr Waked was born in Cairo, Egypt on 12 April 1973. He studied economics and theatre in the American University in Cairo. In his early experience as an actor Amr joined the Temple Theatre Troop in 1994, and Yaaru Theatre Troop in 1999, where he trained and developed his tools as a stage performer. With his experience onstage, Waked managed to film his first role on the big screen in 1998 when he joined Ossama Fawzy's of "Gannet El Shayateen". Waked's award winning performance paved his way to become a popular actor famous for his gravity and vast range. In 2003, Waked joined Stephen Gegan's cast of Syriana, which was his first appearance in an international film. His performance was acclaimed and presented him with other opportunities in international productions, like House Of Saddam and Salmon Fishing In The Yemen. In 2005, Amr co-established "zad communication & production llc" to begin his experience as a producer. The communication agency and production house was to focus on developmental and social issues in Egypt and the Middle East. In 2012, zad produced its first feature film "Winter Of Discontent", directed by Ibrahim El Batout, which opened in the 69th Venice Film Festival in 2012.
Amr Waked
Moustapha Akkad
for Moustapha Akkad in a Biopic about making Halloween (1978)
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John Carpenter faces an impossible deadline. With a shoestring budget and a skeleton crew, he must transform a mundane suburban street into a landscape of pure dread. Every decision carries weight—the shape of a mask, the precision of a score, the relentless pace of an unseen killer. His collaborators push back. The studio doubts him. Time evaporates. Yet Carpenter refuses compromise. He channels his vision through every frame, bending limitations into strengths. A babysitter. A Shape. A night that changes cinema forever. What begins as desperation becomes obsession, then genius. Against all odds, in a modest California neighborhood, something transcendent emerges—a film that will haunt audiences for generations. Carpenter doesn't just make a movie. He births a nightmare that refuses to die.
