Raised in both England and Egypt, Omar Robert went to school in London before reading English Literature at Oxford and studying filmmaking at the London Film Academy. His time is now split between PalFest - with whom he is the Producer - and filmmaking.

He has just completed his  biggest project Maydoum – a fiction short shot over six months in Cairo and London, starring Khalid Abdalla (the Kite Runner, Green Zone) and co-written with Ahdaf Soueif.

He is currently in pre-production on a crow-sourced short film to shoot in Palestine in 2011 - Though I Know the River is Dry.

www.orhamilton.com