Ezz El-Dine Ahmed Mourad Zulficar (Arabic: عز الدين ذو الفقار, romanized: ‘Ezz ed-Dīn Zū l-Fiqār; 28 October 1919 – 1 July 1963) was an Egyptian film director, screenwriter, actor and producer known for his distinctive style, which blends romance and action.

Zulficar's first successful film, Abu Zayd al-Hilali (1947), helped to shape the epic genre, and Khulood (1948) was a romantic hit.

A string of successful films followed, including Appointment with Life (1953), Date With Happiness (1955), I'm Going (1955), Dearer Than My Eyes (1955) shaped his own character and style as a filmmaker.

In 1957, Zulficar made three films with political backgrounds, the first was Port-Said (1957) on the 1956 War, Return My Heart (1957) and The Road of Hope (1958) both were based on the 1952 Revolution.

They were followed by brothers Kamal, Salah, the famous actor and producer and finally Mamdouh who would grow up to be a businessman.

Ezz Eldine's childhood shaped his personality, for he was attracted to sports in general, especially wrestling, swimming, and gymnastics in which he won some school championships.

Zulficar was introduced to the cinematic world at the age of nine when his elder brother Mahmoud took him to the cinema theatre to watch Egyptian and foreign films.

During that period, he was acquainted with a number of prominent figures that shaped Egyptian politics later on, such as presidents Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar El Sadat, Yusuf Sibai and Tharwat Okasha and other members of the Free Officers Movement, who mounted the July 1952 Revolution.

Through Selim he got to know a number of coevals who became directors: Mohamed Abdel-Gawad, Salah Abu Seif, Kamel El-Telmissany and Fatin Abdel Wahab, who had just resigned from the Armed Forces and began working in cinema.

He worked as assistant director in three films, The World Was Fine (1946), Then It Returned to Its Rules (1946), followed by Flowers and Thorns (1947).

His 1951 crime film I'm the Past (أنا الماضي, "Ana El-Maady") (1951) was both a huge critical and commercial success.

One of his most successful movies as a director was Return My Heart (رُدّ قلبي, "Rod Qalby") (1957) which was featured for several weeks in Cairo's cinemas.

His last two ventures were the direction and scriptwriting for the films; A Date at the Tower (موعد في البُرج, "Maw'ed Fi al-Borg") (1962) with Salah Zulfikar and Soad Hosny in the leads, and Black Candles (الشموع السوداء, "Al-Shomou' Al-Sawdaa") (1962) with Saleh Selim and Nagat in the leads.