Science Film Award Youssef Francis (Arabic:يوسف فرنسيس) (June 6, 1934 – April 14, 2001) is a director, author, and plastic artist,[1] born in Cairo.
[2] He obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in the Department of Photography in 1957, then postgraduate studies for two years in the ceremony of Luxor, a diploma of the Higher Institute of Cinema, then postgraduate studies in the Department of Directing in 1970, and he has many books in various fields.
[3] At the beginning of his career, he worked as an illustrator for "Rose Al-Youssef" magazine in 1958 for a year, then he went to writing the script in 1965 and joined Al-Ahram newspaper in 1964, and he worked there until he reached the position of advisor to the editor-in-chief.
[3] He married journalist Mona Siraj, deputy editor-in-chief of Akhbar al-Nas magazine, and had two sons.
[5] He died on April 14, 2001, at the age of 67, as a result of a heart attack that struck him in the coastal city of Hurghada, where he was spending time for rest and recreation.