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  "description": "known for his films during the 1990s and 2000s, which include Afarit El-Asfalt (Asphalt Demons) and Baheb El-Cima (I Love Cinema)\n\nFawzy is regarded as an important filmmaker with a unique language, despite a relatively short career directing just four films.\n\nFawzy graduated with a Bachelor's in directing from the Higher Institute of Cinema in 1984.\n\nHe worked as an assistant director for many years alongside directors that include Hussein Kamal, Barakat, Niazi Mostafa, Sherif Arafa, Yousry Nasrallah, and Radwan Kashef.\n\nHis directorial debut was the 1995 hit Afarit El-Asfalt (Asphalt Demons), which earned him the jury prize at the Locarno Film Festival, and won best director and three other awards at the Cairo National Festival for Egyptian Cinema.\n\nThe film was officially selected in many international film festivals and was nominated for the Golden Motogolfiere in the Nantes Three Continents Festival.\n\nThis too was widely selected in international film festivals, and won best film awards at the Cairo International Film Festival and the Alexandria International Film Festival, along with 17 other awards.\n\nIn 2004, he directed Baheb El-Cima (I Love Cinema), and his last film was Belalwan El-Tabaeya (In Natural Colors) in 2009.",
  "birthDate": "1961-03-19",
  "deathDate": "2019-01-08",
  "birthPlace": "Egypt",
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