Khaled Youssef (Arabic: خالد يوسف‎), is an Egyptian director and film writer. His films are noted for their use of improvisation and a realistic cinéma vérité style. Khaled Youssef, who has established a solid reputation as a successful filmmaker who does not shy away from controversial issues such as rape, political corruption and homosexuality. Despite attacks that he is promoting immorality, Youssef fights against the values he believes are holding Egyptian society back.

Khaled Youssef has been the most loyal student of Youssef Chahine.

Born in 1965, Youssef is the youngest of his father’s 13 sons from seven marriages. He eventually left his village to study electrical and communication engineering at the Cairo campus of Banha University. Inspired by his love for the silver screen, Youssef invited his favorite directors to give public lectures at the university. One of them was Youssef Chahine.At age 25, Youssef entered Chahine’s shooting location and immediately decided he had found his career. After successfully completing his first film as an assistant, he was hired to assist Chahine on his hit film Al-Maseer, shot in five countries. After the success of Al-Massir, Chahine told Youssef that he was ready to start his own path directing, but Youssef, not yet feeling confident, continued to work by Chahine’s side on many movies like:Al-Massir (The Destiney), Al-Mohagir (The Emigrant), Heya Fawda..? (It's Chaotic)... In 2001, he launched his first film Al-Asefa (The Storm), which received the Silver Pyramid Award at the Cairo Film Festival. He wrote and directed many films since 1999, some of which are considered among the best Egyptian films of the last few years such as "El Rayes Omar Harb" (Mr Omar Harb), "Dokkan Shehata" (Shehata Store) with the Lebanese star Haifa Wehbe.

Khaled Muhammad El Nabawy (born 1966) is an Egyptian actor having played roles in film, theater and television.

He was born in El Mansoura, Egypt, and was introduced to cinema by the director Youssef Chahine in 1994, in his film Al Mohager. El Nabawy was awarded the All African Film Award for best actor for his role in this film, and also won the Horus Award for best supporting actor for Al Maseer, from Cairo National Festival for Egyptian Cinema. El Nabawy attended the Institute of Performing Arts. He lives in Cairo, Egypt. His roles in Hollywood include Mullah, the first advisor to Saladin, portrayed by Ghassan Massoud in the blockbuster film Kingdom of Heaven. He also played the role of Hamed, an Iraqi scientist in the film Fair Game.

El Nabawy was a high profile supporter of the 2011 Egyptian revolution both in the media and also, at times, personally protesting the streets.