Maggie Kamal is an Egyptian American filmmaker based in NYC. Maggie holds a BA degree in Media & Communication and a master's degree in film. There is a strong sense of realism that can be felt in Maggie's work. Concerned with truth and human nature her films evoke feelings of uneasiness and self-reflect.

Her short film KOSHARY (2019) won Best Director at the Impro Film Festival at the IFC center. I SEE YOU & THE IMMIGRANTS; two of her short films have been an official selection at a few film festivals such as the Rooftop Films Summer Series, Lift Off Global Network Film Festival in their first-time filmmaker session and at the Feminist Border Arts Film Festival.

In 2019, Maggie won the Ostrovsky Family Fund Award in honor of Chantal Akerman for her screenplay thesis film MICROBUS.