Ramy Romany Explained

Ramy Romany
Birth Place:	Cairo, Egypt

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

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 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)

• 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
• Return to Esperanza^[5]
• A New Leash on Life: The K9s for Warriors Story^[23]
• Rudy Ruettiger: The Walk On
• Patterns of Evidence

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

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