His first film was the independent six-minute 2007 Egyptian documentary work
"Magra El-Ceil" (, "Riverbed"). He then took part in a workshop inhospitable native
Cairo entitled
"El-Zatt wa El-Madina, El-Qahira" ( , "The Self and the City - Cairo") which was produced by both the
European Union and Egypt's El-Sammat Production Company, which involved the production of another Egyptian documentary called
"Zeezo" (). After joining the
Cairo Jesuit Cinema School he directed three low budget short titles. His graduation project,
"Keika Sagheera" (, "Small Cake"), received an honor from the judging committee at the Algeria Independent Cinema Festival. Overall, Magdy has taken part in more than 30 independent works. He has directed
"Ella El-Bah" ("To the Sea…"), which was produced by the Forced Migration and Refugee Studies department at the
American University in Cairo. He has also acted in
"’Asafeer El-Neel" , "Birds of the Nile") which is an adaptation of the novel by renowned writer
Ibrahim Aslan. ==Filmography==