Tareq El Eryan

Tareq El Eryan is a Palestinian-American director and producer living and working in Cairo, Egypt. He received his high eduction in Egypt, before moving to The United States to study film in the University of South Illinois. He then returned to Egypt and started his career as a director by making several music videos for Egyptian and Arab pop stars and television advertisements for multinational franchises like Coca Cola, LG, and Hyundai. As a film director, El Eryan made a few films that were box office successes and are still highly regarded by fans and critics. These films are “Al Embrator” (The Emperor) (1990), “El Basha” (The Pacha) (1993), “Elselem wel Teaaban” (Snake and Ladder) (2001) and “Tito” (2004). He is married to Syrian singer Assala Nasry, with which he had two sons.

Tito (2004)

Tito is the second installment in the new-wave Egyptian action movies. After Mafia by Sherif Arafa, which was a breakthrough in Egyptian cinema making, Tarek El-Aryan brings us Tito, the next logical step. Very simply, this movie is about an ex-con who tries to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tareq El Eryan
CAST:  Ahmed El Sakka  •  Hanan Turk  •  Amr Waked  •  Khaled Saleh

Tito is the second installment in the new-wave Egyptian action movies. After Mafia by Sherif Arafa, which was a breakthrough in Egyptian cinema making, Tarek El-Aryan brings us Tito, the next logical step. Very simply, this movie is about an ex-con who tries to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tareq El Eryan
CAST:  Ahmed El Sakka  •  Hanan Turk  •  Amr Waked  •  Khaled Saleh

Sons of Rizk (2015)

Four brothers committing crimes with a promise among them to stop someday. When a deal goes south, the older brother says it's enough, but the other three disagree and recklessly do business with a wanted crime lord.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tareq El Eryan
CAST:  Ahmed Ezz  •  Amr Youssef  •  Ahmed Al Fishawy  •  Ahmed Dawood

Four brothers committing crimes with a promise among them to stop someday. When a deal goes south, the older brother says it's enough, but the other three disagree and recklessly do business with a wanted crime lord.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tareq El Eryan
CAST:  Ahmed Ezz  •  Amr Youssef  •  Ahmed Al Fishawy  •  Ahmed Dawood

The Walls of The Moon (2015)

Zeina, after losing her sight in an accident, wakes up in a car, chased by her two lovers, and has no idea what's going on.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tareq El Eryan
CAST:  Amr Saad  •  Asser Yassin  •  Salwa Mohamed Ali  •  Mona Zaki

Zeina, after losing her sight in an accident, wakes up in a car, chased by her two lovers, and has no idea what's going on.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tareq El Eryan
CAST:  Amr Saad  •  Asser Yassin  •  Salwa Mohamed Ali  •  Mona Zaki

The Cell (2017)

The events revolve around a special operations officer who deals with more than one terrorist operation and is hunting down terrorist cells. The film shows security forces' efforts to combat terrorism and shows the pressures and difficulties they face during their work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tareq El Eryan
CAST:  Ahmed Ezz  •  Amina Khalil  •  Mohamed Mamdouh  •  Reham Abdelghafour

The events revolve around a special operations officer who deals with more than one terrorist operation and is hunting down terrorist cells. The film shows security forces' efforts to combat terrorism and shows the pressures and difficulties they face during their work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tareq El Eryan
CAST:  Ahmed Ezz  •  Amina Khalil  •  Mohamed Mamdouh  •  Reham Abdelghafour

Sons of Rizk 2 (2019)

After 3 years have passed since the end of the events of the first part, the four brothers are trying in various ways to preserve the covenant they made to themselves to stay away from a life of theft and crime, but one event in their lives changes all that, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tareq El Eryan
CAST:  Ahmed Ezz  •  Amr Youssef  •  Eyad Nassar  •  Ahmed Al Fishawy

After 3 years have passed since the end of the events of the first part, the four brothers are trying in various ways to preserve the covenant they made to themselves to stay away from a life of theft and crime, but one event in their lives changes all that, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tareq El Eryan
CAST:  Ahmed Ezz  •  Amr Youssef  •  Eyad Nassar  •  Ahmed Al Fishawy

The Emperor (1990)

The story deals with the journey of Zinham, a young man who fled Egypt from Upper Egypt in search of a living, climbs up in organized crime and drug smuggling. His friend, Ibrahim, takes part in the crime journey. When he becomes one of the biggest drug smugglers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tareq El Eryan
CAST:  Ahmed Zaki  •  Raghda  •  Mahmoud Hemida  •  Khalil Morsi

The story deals with the journey of Zinham, a young man who fled Egypt from Upper Egypt in search of a living, climbs up in organized crime and drug smuggling. His friend, Ibrahim, takes part in the crime journey. When he becomes one of the biggest drug smugglers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tareq El Eryan
CAST:  Ahmed Zaki  •  Raghda  •  Mahmoud Hemida  •  Khalil Morsi

Al Basha (1993)

A police officer finds himself worthless as he soon realizes there's no way he could put an end to a businessman associated with running a prostitution ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tareq El Eryan
CAST:  Ahmed Zaki  •  Mona Abd El Ghani  •  Mahmoud Hemida  •  Mamdouh Wafy

A police officer finds himself worthless as he soon realizes there's no way he could put an end to a businessman associated with running a prostitution ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tareq El Eryan
CAST:  Ahmed Zaki  •  Mona Abd El Ghani  •  Mahmoud Hemida  •  Mamdouh Wafy

Snakes and Ladders (2001)

A divorced young man happens to fall in love. The couple faces problems, as the young man does not want to settle down, she thinks he is a flirt, they break up, and events follows.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tareq El Eryan
CAST:  Ahmed Helmy  •  Hani Salama  •  Haala Shiha  •  Tarek El Tilmisany

A divorced young man happens to fall in love. The couple faces problems, as the young man does not want to settle down, she thinks he is a flirt, they break up, and events follows.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tareq El Eryan
CAST:  Ahmed Helmy  •  Hani Salama  •  Haala Shiha  •  Tarek El Tilmisany

Sons of Rizk 3 (2024)

In this part, after years have passed and the brothers have separated in their different ways of life. But one day, a ghost from the past returns to cast a shadow over the sons of Rizk, forcing them to return to a life of crime and theft once again in order to save ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tareq El Eryan
CAST:  Ahmed Ezz  •  Amr Youssef  •  Aly Sobhy  •  Asser Yassin

In this part, after years have passed and the brothers have separated in their different ways of life. But one day, a ghost from the past returns to cast a shadow over the sons of Rizk, forcing them to return to a life of crime and theft once again in order to save ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tareq El Eryan
CAST:  Ahmed Ezz  •  Amr Youssef  •  Aly Sobhy  •  Asser Yassin