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Ramy Romany

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Ramy Romany
Romany standing in front of the Sphinx in 2013
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Ramy Romany is an Egyptologist, documentarian, TV host and Directors Guild of America (DGA) director, active since 2011. He has filmed, produced, directed, and been featured in more than a hundred documentaries, and has worked with networks such as The Discovery Channel, The History Channel, and National Geographic.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

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Romany was born in Cairo, Egypt.[3] He moved to Los Angeles in 2011 due to the political situation in Egypt.[1] Between 2013 and 2018, he won 9 EMMY Awards for his work on Esperanza (2013), Visioneer (2015), Return to Esperanza (2016),[5] A New Leash on Life: The K9s for Warriors Story (2018), and Rudy Ruettiger: The Walk On (2018).[2][6][7][8]

Romany has directed multiple productions in different genres, including: The Contender,[9] a boxing competition series for MGM on EPIX;[10] Unprotected Sets;[11][12] Operation Toussaint,[13] which follows a former U.S. special agent who goes undercover to rescue victims of sex trafficking;[14] and several commercials.[15]

While working on The Contender, Romany, colorist Dean Perme, and Jason Hafer [who?] created a custom 3D LUT to give the show a "period feel that felt like film", which supported the cinematic approach that Romany took with his directing.[10] In March 2019, it was announced that Romany would serve as executive producer and host of the new Discovery Channel series Mummies Unwrapped.[16] The series featured Romany traveling to ancient Egyptian tombs, Mayan mass graves, and hidden crypts to uncover the legends, myths, curses and cover-ups of the ancient past.[17] He used cutting-edge technologies to introduce new theories about how ancient civilizations lived and died, and to uncover the origin of each mummy.[16]

Works (TV, film, and books)

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  • Making The Cut for Amazon Network[18]
  • Destination Truth for the SyFy Network[19]
  • Conspired: The Evil One Shall Not Live Again[19]
  • Brew Masters for The Discovery Channel[2]
  • Ancient Aliens for The History Channel
  • What Lies Beneath for BBC TV
  • Long Way Down for National Geographic
  • The Contender for MGM on EPIX[20]
  • Operation Toussaint for Amazon Prime[13]
  • Expedition Unknown: Egypt Live for The Discovery Channel[21]
  • Mummies Unwrapped for the Discovery Channel[17]
  • Unprotected Sets for MGM on EPIX[11]
  • Esperanza[22]
  • Visioneer[6]
  • Return to Esperanza[5]
  • A New Leash on Life: The K9s for Warriors Story[23]
  • Rudy Ruettiger: The Walk On[23]
  • Patterns of Evidence

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ramy Romany". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  2. ^ a b c "The Guild / Members | DGA". www.dga.org. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  3. ^ a b "Drinking During Business Hours: Season 2; Episode 5 - Ramy Romany". sarahjhalstead.libsyn.com. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  4. ^ Gates, Josh (2011-10-11). Destination Truth: Memoirs of a Monster Hunter. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781439190425.
  5. ^ a b Boedeker, Hal. "Pulse coverage: WESH, WFTV, News 13 win Emmys". OrlandoSentinel.com. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  6. ^ a b "2015 Emmy Awards | NATAS Suncoast". suncoastchapter.org. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  7. ^ "Sun Coast Winners" (PDF). Suncoast.
  8. ^ "Ramy Romany". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  9. ^ "EPIX – Watch Thousands of Movies and Originals on Every Screen". www.epix.com. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  10. ^ a b Rogers, Pauline (December 13, 2018). "Body and Soul". ICG Magazine. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  11. ^ a b "EPIX – Watch Thousands of Movies and Originals on Every Screen". www.epix.com. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  12. ^ "Unprotected Sets Season 2: Release Date, Cast, Renewed or Canceled?". The Cinemaholic. 2019-02-23. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  13. ^ a b "Operation Toussaint | 2018 Dallas International Film Festival". www.prekindle.com. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  14. ^ Hannon, Melissa (2018-04-30). "Dallas International Film Festival Announces 2018 Schedule". Horror Geek Life. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  15. ^ "Honda Content Advert By RPA: Ultimate BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger Recipe". www.adsoftheworld.com. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  16. ^ a b "Exclusive: Discovery Channel to untangle "Mummies Unwrapped"". Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  17. ^ a b Milligan, Kaitlin. "Discovery Channel Presents New Series MUMMIES UNWRAPPED". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  18. ^ "Variety Magazine - Making the Cut". 24 February 2020.
  19. ^ a b "A Fresh Perspective on an Ancient Mystery". Morgan James Publishing. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  20. ^ "EPIX – Watch Thousands of Movies and Originals on Every Screen". ops1.epix.com. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  21. ^ "TLC 'Long Lost Family' Host Chris Jacobs Joins Discovery's 'Egypt Live'". TheWrap. 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  22. ^ "2013 Emmy Awards | NATAS Suncoast". suncoastchapter.org. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  23. ^ a b "Sun Coast Winners" (PDF).
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