Tarek El-Telmissany (Arabic: طارق التلمساني; April 22, 1950) is an Egyptian actor and cinematographer, who is known in the Middle East and Africa.

Tarek El-Telmissany has a unique style in lighting which he learned from his professors in "VGIK" The Gerasimov All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography in Russia.

He soon moved into realist mode, directing the landmark Al-Souq Al-Souda (Black Market) which was banned for almost four years.

Shell had sent Hassan to train in London and later, when the department shut down, he became an independent documentary filmmaker, producing some 20 films with El-Telmissany's uncle Abdel-Qader.

She accompanied him to Metro movie theatre to watch children's films and when he was nine brought him to studio Nasbian in Al- Dhaher -- "now it has become a pickle store"—where his uncle (Kamel) was shooting his last film, Al-Nas Eli That (People at the Bottom), with Youssef Wahbi and Mary Munib After graduating from Faculty of Languages (Al Alsun) in 1973 El-Telmissany received a scholarship to study Russian culture and language in the Soviet Union.

He was told by his father: "If you want to learn the art go to Moscow, if you want to be a professional camera operator go to London.

El-Telmissany was married in 1979 to a Russian girl named Galina Noskova during his study in Russia.