RESUME
Education
Mona studied Production Design and Costume Design at the Egyptian Higher Institute of Cinema (Academy of Arts) in Cairo. She graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor's degree in Production Design.
Higher institute of cinema​ 2008 - 2014
Skills
Mona holds a Master's degree in Fine Arts for Design for Stage and Film from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Additionally, she studied Cinematography, Virtual Production, Game Design, Film Aesthetics, Film Editing, Commercial Ads, and Film From a Global Perspective at NYU.
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New York University 2020-2023
PHOTOSHOP
SKETCH-UP/UNREAL ENGINE
KEYNOTE/ ProCreate
VECTORWORKS/AUTOCAD
Midjourney
Cinema 4D/ Blender
ZBrush/ Marvelous Designer
Work Experience​
Production Design - Art Direction. 2014 - Present
Started working as a production designer in 2014 to present time.
Events and Lighting Design. 2015 - Present
The stage designer - lighting designer - Set designer ( Oshtoora 2015 . Oshtoora 2016 )
Worked with Nacelle in Almaza Bay Experience
The Set and lighting Designer of ( ELECTRIC LADY )
Worked with Nacelle on Desperado's boat
A production Designer for two weddings with a theme
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Assistant - Art Director 2008 - 2015
Started working at the age of 18 in the film and advertising field, and since 2008, Assisted in 4 featured films ( Alzheimer - Tita Raheeba - Harag w Marag - Egyptian American Film " Marriage Impossible)
and 3 TV Shows ( Zai al ward - Moga hara - Imbratoryet meen.
And as an assistant in advertising for more than 200 commercial ads.
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Languages
ENGLISH
ARABIC
GERMAN
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Hobbies
PHOTOGRAPHY
SINGING
FILM EDITING
POLE VAULTING
HULA HOOPING
WRITING
DIRECTING
Work Experience
P r o d u c t i o n D e s i g n
Short Films- Documentaries
Production Designer
Oversight
Feature films
ART DEPARTMENT TEAM: ART DIRECTOR
Project
Location
Date
Producer
Director
Alzheimer
Taitah Rahibah
Chaos, Disorder
Marriage Impossible
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
11/10
08/12
06/13
02/15
Essad Youniss
United Brothers Cinema
Wika Film Production
Ihab Ayoob
Amr Arafa
Sameh Abdel Aziz
Nadine Khan
Noor Arnaoot
TV series
ART DEPARTMENT TEAM: ART DIRECTOR
Project
Location
Date
Producer
Director
Zai El Ward
Embratoreyet meen
Moga Harra
Sweeps
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
07/12
02/14
07/13
United For Media Production
TVision
Wika Film Production/ O3 Production
Saad El-Hindawy
Mariam Abou Auf
Mohamed Yaseen
NY, US
2023
TV Shows
Production Designer
Project
Location
Date
Producer
Director
Al Beit Beitak/ Egypt-Today
(Assistant PD)
Basmet Amal (Production Designer)
El Ghesh Mamnoua
(Art Director)
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
12/09
11/12
11/12
JWT
Amr Khaled
JWT
Emad Al Ghoul
Haitham Abu Akrab
Hesham Fathy
CataFight
Cairo/Egypt
01/16
Catafast
Mohamed Ghorab
Music Videos
Production Designer
Project
Location
Date
Producer
Director
Ana Asef - I am sorry ( Production Designer)
Cairo/Egypt
01/14
Axeer Studio
Anas Tolba
Sharmoofers (Cat&Rat) Film Trailer (Art Department Team)
Cairo/Egypt
12/14
New Century
Hossam Ali
Mosibati
Zain National Day 2017
Wust El-Balad | Law Kan
Khaina | Mahmoud El Esseily
Cairo/Egypt
Kuwait
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
07/15
04/17
06/17
12/17
Mashael
Zain Kuwait
UNHCR
Mahmoud El Esseily/Vodafone
Yasser Samy
Aziz Aljasmi
Amr Salama
Alaa Khalid
Events/Music Festivals
Lighting and Production Designer
Organization
Project
Location
Date
Outdoor Wedding
Oshtoora Season 1
Oshtoora Season 2
Electric Lady | Almaza Bay
Desperados Party
Indoor Engagement
Ain Sokhna/Egypt
Sinai/Egypt
Fayoum/Egypt
North Cost/Egypt
Nile/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
03/15
04/15
04/16
11/16
04/17
08/17
Private
Oshtoora
Oshtoora
Nacelle
Nacelle
Private
Commercial Ads
Production Designer/ Selected Work
Project
Location
Date
Production
Director
TE-Data/ Tal2a
Zizinia Compound
Egyptian Cure Bank
President Cheese
Samir & Ali
Vodafone IN
Nido
Johnson & Johnson
Lux
Scib Paintings
Frico Cheese
Tropicana Beyti Juice
Signal toothpaste
Puck Cheese
Harvest Foul
Shell
Rainbow Milk
NutriFit
Etihad Bank
Huawei
OLX
Chiclets
QNB International
QNB Ramdan
QNB
QNB
Unilever Tutorials
Bayt Al Zakah Wl Mal
Sary
Magdy Yaqoub
57357 Fight Cancer Hospital
Vodafone IN | Cairokee
Tecno Winpad
Etisalat Khaled Agag
Dettol International
Alex Bank
Pepsi | Amr Diab
Treva
Etisalat Worldcup
Camay
NBK
Sun Capital
Carina
PIC PAC
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Qatar
Kuala Lumpur /Malaysia
Istanbul/Turkey
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
11/14
07/12
05/15
06/15
08/15
08/15
09/15
01/16
02/16
02/16
03/16
03/16
03/16
04/16
05/16
06/16
06/16
07/16
10/16
11/16
01/17
02/17
04/17
04/17
04/17
04/17
05/17
05/17
05/17
06/17
06/17
06/17
07/17
08/17
09/17
10/17
11/17
01/18
02/18
04/18
05/18
06/18
07/18
08/18
Axeer Studio
Osama Mounir
Hama Productions
Tayarah Production
A Film Production
Film Clinic
Fekkr Productions
Tayarah
JWT
FP7
BEE Productions
Hama Productions
Fekkr Production
FP7
Fekkr Production
Magic Beans
Fekkr Production
Key Film Production
Tarek Nour
Fekkr Production
Ashoub Productions
Magic Beans
Senyar Group
Senyar Group
Senyar Group
Senyar Group
Fekkr Productions
Key Film Production
Nojara Productions
Key Film Production
Hit Communications
NEO Productions
Rhino Productions
Good people
T Film Productions
ASAP Productions
Rhino Productions
Nojara Productions
FP7
Fekkr Productions
Leo Burnett
Nojara Productions
Tayarah Productions
Film Clinic
Mostafa El Soly
Ali Ali
Mahmoud Shokry
Alaa Khaled
Tamer Nady
Karim Fanous
Alaa Khaled
Omar Roshdy
Alaa El-Sheikh
Ghada Botrous
Nader El-Nakoury
Mohamed El Kalawi
Mohamed Allam
Mariam Abou Ouf
Mahmoud Hamdy
Mahmoud Hamdy
Mohamed El Kalawi
Nader El Nakoury
Mahmoud Hamdy
Ashraf Hamdi
Amr Assaid
Mahmoud Hamdy
Peter Herz
Peter Herz
Peter Herz
Peter Herz
Abdulrehman Abou-Zeid
Amr Salama
Mohamed Fathy
Amr Salama
Alaa Khaled
Karim Fanous
Mohamed Fathy
Mohamed Fathy
Peter Maguire
Mahmoud Hamdy
Mohamed Fathy
Mohamed Fathy
Ahmed Hussein
Karim Shaaban
Mohamed Moftah
Ahmed Hussein
Karim Shaaban
Ahmed Wahid
Commercial Ads
Assistant Production Designer/ Selected Work
Project
Location
Date
Production
Director
Molto
Nestle Maxibon
Juhayna Yogurt
Gloria (You're The Designer)
Etisalat
Alex Bank
Danette
Mobinil
Etisalat-ADSL
Panda Cheese
Omar's Story/Dar Al Teb
Etisalat Corporate Ramdan
Mobinil Ramdan
McDonald's 20 years
Etisalat
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
Cairo/Egypt
03/12
07/12
10/12
01/13
06/13
07/13
08/13
10/13
04/14
04/14
08/14
08/14
09/14
10/14
06/13
FP7
JWT
Leo Burnett
JWT
ASAP Productions
Hama Productions
Big Foot Films
Leo Burnett
JWT
FP7
Dar El Teb Hospital
KTP
Big Foot Films
JWT
ASAP Productions
Mariam Abou Ouf
Ali Ali
Ali Ali
Yahya Ismail
Mariam Abou Ouf
Ali Ali
Mariam Abou Ouf
Mohamed Fouad
Ali Ali
Mahmoud Hamdy
Ahmed El-Naggar
Ali Ali
Ali Ali
Ahemd El-Naggar
Mariam Abou Ouf