Tarek Al-Aryan

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.

Works

Sons of Rizk 3: Knockout

Years have passed since 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 themselves, in a fateful operation that is the largest, most dangerous, and most important in the history of the sons of Rizk.

Release Date2024-06-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count12

Moawiya

Moawiya

The story of the Umayyad dynasty, which wrote an unforgettable history, stretched from the east to the west.

Release Date2025-03-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count22

Monopoly (The Bank of Luck)

Fueled by anger after getting fired from his bank job, a lazy banker (Mohamed Saleh) joins forces with his co-worker (Amr) and their weird friend (Ze'ro) by turning to robbery in order to fulfill their dreams. But, when they turn their master scheme to rob the bank into action, things take an unexpected turn. Little did they know that a plan is only as clever as the brains behind it.

Release Date2017-04-05

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count25

Sons of Rizk 2: Return of the Lions of the Land

Three years after the events of the first film, 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 introduces them to new worlds for them, and puts them in very dangerous confrontations with A number of professional criminals.

Release Date2019-08-08

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count27

This Other Thing

Love might occur at the right time with the right person or at the wrong time with the right person, or both together. It might keep waiting, or not occur at all… Perhaps twice in a lifetime

Release Date2020-10-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count8

Vote Count2

Tito

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 escape his sinful life by starting a new one, but his past comes back to haunt him. The reason, why Tito is better than Mafia is because the script and story line in Tito is more complex, and some of the characters had real depth in them and where fully developed throughout the movie.

Release Date2004-06-23

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count25

Sons of Rizk

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.

Release Date2015-07-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count36

The Cell

During an operation to capture the head of a terrorist cell, special operations officer Saif, is injured while his partner, Amr, is killed. Saif vows to take revenge with the help of officer, Saber, who's working the same case.

Release Date2017-08-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count35

The Walls of The Moon

Zeina wakes up from a faint to find herself blind and unable to remember anything. She ends up with Ahmed on his boat, who enters into a frantic chase with Rashid. After sitting alone in one of the boat's rooms, she tries to recall everything that happened to her through its recordings, including the details of the love triangle in which she herself was one of the sides.

Release Date2015-01-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count17

Snakes and Ladders

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.

Release Date2001-06-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count8

The Emperor

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 (heroin) Who is in control of her market in Egypt in alliance with an Israeli smuggler, marries a dancer after he gets rid of Slim, the drug dealer who worked for him at the beginning of his career. He turns to liquidate everyone who stands in his way. He becomes drug addict and kills his close friend. (Ibrahim), after doubting the betrayal of his wife dancing with him.

Release Date1990-11-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Al Basha

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.

Release Date1993-11-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Coast stars

The work revolves around a love story between a young man and a girl. In an attempt to reach his beloved, the young man decides to travel to the northern coast with his friend to meet her, and many unexpected paradoxes take place.

Release Date2025-03-30

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Sons of Rizk 4: Ain Al-Sira

The fourth part of Sons of Rizk, which will feature new heroes.

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Snakes and Ladders 2: Children's Games

Ahmed meets Malak, and their relationship quickly evolves from mere admiration to mutual love. Each seeks to impress the other with their personality and actions, hoping their love story lasts forever and withstands all challenges.

Release Date2025-11-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector