# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mahmoud-zulfikar
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:57:14.584Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mahmoud-zulfikar"
name: "Mahmoud Zulfikar"
slug: "mahmoud-zulfikar"
description: "Mahmoud Zulfikar was an Egyptian film director, film producer, screenwriter, and actor. He was a figure in Egyptian film industry. He started his career as an architect, before starting his film career as an actor in 1939. Zulfikar was one of the most prominent artists in Egypt. He was known for his boldness and adventure with the new talents he presented to the Egyptian audience, later, he was nicknamed the \"Talent Finder\"."
tagline: "Egyptian filmmaker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%B0%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Egypt"
  isoCode: "EG"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1914-02-18"
deathDate: "1970-05-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.986186666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0958575/"
    handle:    "nm0958575"
sources:
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Zulfikar"
    title: "Mahmoud Zulfikar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%B0%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "محمود ذو الفقار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%B0%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "محمود ذو الفقار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Zulfikar"
    title: "Mahmoud Zulfikar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Zulfikar"
    title: "Mahmoud Zulfikar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%B0%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "محمود ذوالفقار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Zoulficar"
    title: "Mahmoud Zoulficar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Zulfikar"
    title: "Mahmoud Zulfikar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Zulfikar"
    title: "Mahmoud Zulfikar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4884383"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump