Khaled Youssef (; born 28 September 1964), is an Egyptian director and film writer. His films are noted for their use of improvisation and a realistic cinéma vérité style. In a career spanning more than three decades, Youssef's films have encompassed many themes and genres. For several audiences, his films were an early prediction for 2010/2011 Arab uprisings. In his films, Youssef has addressed the issues of authoritarianism, lack social justice, poverty, religious intolerance, corruption, restrictions on the freedom of thoughts and opinion, and the sexual violence in the Egyptian and the Arab communities. As a result, he has been targeted by tens of judicial prosecutions and political harassments, motivated by different governments, over decades. Recently, He became a member of the Egyptian Parliament since November 2015.
Biography
He was one of the outstanding leaders of the students' movement in eighties. He was head of Students' Union at Zagazig University, Banha Branch, 1988-1989. He obtained Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Electronic and Electrical communication Engineering in 1990.
He was head of the Film Commission, the Supreme Council of Culture in 2012. He was a member of the 50-Member Committee for drafting Egypt's Constitution in 2013
He has been a member of the Egyptian parliament since 2015. He participated in students' activities launched relationship between the Director and senior politicians, cultured and creative characters in Egypt, such as Youssef Shahin who advised him to work in cinema when he felt that he enjoys talent. Therefore, he offered him to know about cinema world through participation in short narrative documentary film "Al Kahira Monwara Beahliha" when an acting personality embodiment was entrusted to him, in addition to training on directing. He quickly discovered his being attracted to direction, so he joined Youssef Shahin scholars.
In 1992, he became co-director to Youssef Shahin in "Al Muhajer" film. He participated in writing the film's scenario and dialogue together with others. This is highly reflected in the next films, particularly when he became the exclusive director of "Al Maseer", "Al Akhar", and "Alexandria New York " that he assisted Youssef Shahin in writing the story, scenario and dialogue for these films.