Muhammad HamdyDocumentary Filmmaker

Using his 500 hours of footage from Tahir Square, Muhammad Hamdy worked with director, Jehane Noujaim, to create “The Square.”

The documentary was nominated for an Oscar and awarded the Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival.

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Program Studied at NYFA: Filmmaking
Program Type: 1-Year Conservatory
Year Attended/Graduated: 2014
Location: New York


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The Square, shot and co-produced by New York Film Academy graduate Muhammad Hamdy, has been nominated as one of five documentaries for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film, directed…