Ashraf Fahmy first earned a Bachelor of Arts (History) from the University of Cairo in 1961, then graduated from the High Institute of Giza (first class) in 1963 to walk in the of Egypt bath, after that he studied Directing at the University of California from 1964 until 1967.
He was credited with launching the career with his First Feature Film (The Killers – Arabic: القتلة) a daring director frequently seen in film festivals worldwide during decades, in addition he wrote three Films (Until The End of Lifetime – Arabic: (حتى آخر العمر (فيلم) one of the most memorable film and famous for the music composed by Omar Khorshid, and he also produced three other films. Early Academic First he worked as a director at the "National Center for Documentary Seetma", he directed the film ( a new life ) and was award for this film at "Dok Leipzigfilm festival", then worked as an assistant to Fatin Abdel Wahab, Abduel Rahman Khamisi and Youssef Chahine, then he directed his first Feature Film (The Killers).
