Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab

Known for ActingBorn 1961-02-18Died 2022-03-20Cairo, Egypt

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Ayoub

Violence and Sarcasm

Summer Thefts

Above Suspicion

The Oracle

Romantica

The City

Cactus Flower

Bayn El Samaa W El Ard

Rahim

The Sun Will Never Set

The Flood

The People of Cairo

Citizen X

The End

Temporary Name

I Love Cinema

The Spider

A Whole One

Streets of Fire

Silence... We're Rolling

The Sixth Day

Alexandria Again and Forever

Mercedes

Sins of the Flesh

El Fagommi

No Trespassing or Cameras Allowed

COVID-25

Karma's Curse

Ayoub

Between Two Worlds

Suicidal Notions

Red Sulfur

Birth Certificate

Esteefa

Hadeed

Adam's Apple

The Second Wife

On Tipping Point

The Thug

Taraf Talet

Third party

Shubra Rotation

Soft Life