Kamal Ramzy
is a prominent Cairo-based film critic and historian with close to twenty publications including al-Fann Bayn al-‘Imama wa-l-Dawla (co-authored with Ali Abu Shadi in 1992) and Saad Nadim, the Pioneer of Documentary Filmmaking (1988). He has also written numerous articles and studies in Egyptian and Arab magazines and newspapers and has frequently been a member of judging committees at both local and Arab festivals.