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# Omar Hilal
- URL: https://www.at-media-group.com/what-i-did-next/my-conversation-with-award-winning-ad-man-filmmaker-omar-hilal/
- Published: 2025-04-08T08:00:09.000Z
- Updated: 2025-04-08T08:19:30.000Z
- Author: Malak Fouad
- Tags: What I Did Next, Films & TV, Advertising

I’m delighted to be joined by award-winning ad director & filmmaker Omar Hilal as this month’s guest. Omar is one of those people who discovered that he wanted to become a director very early in life. He started out as a photo-journalist and went on to become an accomplished ad director, with stand-out ads such as the Aqua Mangos ad for Nestle and the ground-breaking Royal Jordanian Ad in his portfolio. The ads he’s worked on have won more than 50 awards, including 5 Grand Prix.

In 2023, he switched gears to release his directorial debut, *Voy! Voy! Voy!*, which went on to win 16 awards globally and was Egypt’s official selection to the Oscars.

Listen in as he tells me about his life’s twists and turns from ad-man to film director and everything in between.

💡

This episode is brought to you by [EFG Holding](https://www.efghldg.com/?ref=at-media-group.com), a financial institution with a universal bank in Egypt and the leading investment bank in the Middle East and North Africa.

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On a special bonus episode next week, Omar tells me about three key projects: the hilarious Aqua Mangos ad, the ground-breaking Royal Jordanian Ad and a sneak-peek into his upcoming film, so stay tuned!  
  
And in a couple of weeks, we’ll have our next Encore episode with designer and icon Nadine Kanso.

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