Birth: 3 January 1894 in Tanta, in the middle of the Egyptian Delta (Egypt) Death: on July 15, 1963, Alexandria (Egypt) Mohamed BAYOUMI was painter, photographer, poet, circus director, actor and he created the first Cinema Institut in Middle East. BIOGRAPHY by Mohamed El Bayoumi Mohamed Bayoumi is the first pioneer of Egyptian cinema as he issued the first newsreel in Egypt, made a self-made camera and established the first cinema institute. He was also the first Egyptian to establish a studio. Sadly enough, this towering figure died in dire poverty without receiving any recognition. Mohamed Bayoumi was born on 3 January 1894 to a family of cotton merchants in Tanta, a city that lies in the middle of the Egyptian Delta. As a child, he professed genuine interest in a number of extra-curricular activities which clearly foreshadowed his eventual involvement with cinema. to be continued http://www.bibalex.org/alexcinema/cinematographers/Mohamed_Bayoumi.html