YOTTA PRODUCTIONS is the Cairo-based production services partner behind international commissions for Netflix, Discovery, and National Geographic. We are a one-stop shop for commissioned productions in Egypt, managing every stage from idea to screen, across genres spanning documentary, feature film, branded content, and live television events. Our credits include Netflix’s Unknown: The Lost Pyramid, which topped Netflix’s global chart on release and earned two Emmy nominations.
Shorouk El Attar founded YOTTA PRODUCTIONS in 2018, driven by a lifelong passion for filmmaking she first studied at the American University in Cairo. She began her career at Video Cairo Sat, the international news agency led by Mohamed Gohar, known internationally as ‘The Media Pharaoh,’ before following that passion into filmed entertainment as a freelance producer, building a body of work across international formats, documentaries, and film. That same passion drives her personal involvement in every major Yotta engagement, as executive producer or lead producer depending on the project, giving clients direct access to her judgment and relationships built throughout her career.
Yotta is the single point of responsibility for physical production in Egypt, covering permits, scheduling, logistics, talent, crew, and equipment, so clients work with one team instead of a dozen vendors.
Our permit acquisition and local production facilitation draw on established relationships with Egypt Film Commission, Press Center, and Antiquities Ministry, securing access for unique locations, aerial filming, and underwater shoots. We build the schedule and manage every logistical detail, from travel and accommodation to on-site coordination, keeping production moving from prep through wrap.
On the ground, we work with Egypt’s top market professionals across every department, camera, lighting, grip, sound, and specialty rigs for aerial and underwater work, and connect productions with the on-screen talent and subject-matter experts a story needs. It’s how we deliver seamless production operations on every shoot, regardless of scale or location.
Storytelling drives everything we do. We provide story and format development, script consultancy, and research, both for productions refining their story ahead of filming and for projects still in early development. For projects still seeking financing or commissioning, we build the full pitch package, pitch decks, indicative budgets, production blueprints, timelines, and sizzle reels, giving clients everything they need to bring a commissioner or financier on board with confidence. That creative foundation carries across every platform, whether a feature film, a landmark documentary, or a branded campaign, with the same level of craft.
At YOTTA PRODUCTIONS, we believe in the power of collaboration. Our strategic partnerships make us a one-stop-shop for all production needs, ensuring every aspect of the filmmaking process is handled with expertise and care.
We proudly collaborate with Blue Sky Travel, Egypt’s leading travel agency with branches across every continent, on travel arrangements, accommodation, and on-site coordination. For equipment, we partner with Kit & Crew, a Cairo-based rental house supplying camera, lighting, and grip gear for every production. Through our partnership with Past Preservers, we connect productions with leading experts and on-screen talent for documentaries, adding authentic voices and credible insight to every narrative. As part of the Fabula Associates network, a global powerhouse in documentary filmmaking, expanding our reach and creative vision through collaborations with world-class experts and storytellers.
We work closely with the best post-production, VFX, sound, and VR production facilities in Egypt, Europe, and the US, ensuring flawless finishing touches and world-class quality. Our strong ties with Egypt Film Commission, Press Center, and Antiquities Ministry enable us to navigate local regulations swiftly, ensuring every shoot is smooth, efficient, and fully compliant.
Together with our partners, we deliver exceptional quality and world-class production value, solidifying YOTTA PRODUCTIONS as a trusted partner for filmmakers worldwide.
When producer Shorouk El Attar founded Yotta Productions in 2018, she was answering a call from an old love, filmmaking, which she had studied at the American University in Cairo. Those early days of writing ideas and creating short films with friends became the fertile ground for Shorouk’s career. She started her career at the international news agency Video Cairo Sat, led by the renowned Egyptian producer Mohamed Gohar, known internationally as ‘The Media Pharaoh.’ She covered news stories from all over Egypt, which sharpened her storytelling instincts. A few years later, she shifted to filmed entertainment as a freelance producer. Over the 15 years that followed, she chose projects across genres that challenged her and built the body of work that follows.
Known for delivering to the highest industry standards, Shorouk has been entrusted with career-defining local, regional, and international projects, including the TV talk show ‘Sahibet Alsaada’ (2014), the award-winning documentary ‘Under the Skin’ (2015), the international game show format ‘Ninja Warrior,’ Middle East version (2017), ‘Yomeddine’ (2018), which competed in Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival and won the François Chalais Prize, the 45-episode TV drama series ‘One Block Behind’ (2018), the musical comedy stage production ‘Aladdin’ (2019-2020), Discovery’s ‘Expedition Unknown: Egypt Live’ (2019), the Saudi feature film ‘Fay’s Palette’ (2021), and Netflix’s ‘Unknown: The Lost Pyramid’ (2023), which ranked as Netflix’s most watched show in the world the week of its release and earned two Emmy nominations.
Yehia El Ghareeb is a passionate, creative Egyptian producer with over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry. He got into film production in the early 2000s, taking on various roles in numerous hit productions across the Middle East. In 2006, he became a full-time producer at Orbit, then the Middle East’s leading cable channel. He later moved into freelance producing, taking on production roles across films, TV shows, and TV commercials.
Yehia has taken part in prominent local and international productions, including the comedy TV sitcom “Alkabeer” (2010-2024), the Middle East’s biggest hit for 14 years, the Egyptian film “No Retreat, No Surrender” (2010), “Al Bernameg” (“The Show,” 2011-2013), the Egyptian satirical talk show hosted by Bassem Youssef and often compared to Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show,” the 30-episode Ramadan drama series “El Tawoos” (2020-2021), the award-winning short film “Tuk Tuk” (2020), and Discovery’s special “King Tut: A Century of Secrets” (2022). In 2024, he produced the 7th edition of the El Gouna Film Festival in its entirety, including the opening and closing ceremonies.
Yehia has also produced TV commercials for major brands in Egypt and the Middle East, including Vodafone, Standard Chartered Bank, SAIB Bank, Misr El Kheir Foundation, Telal Developments, Mostafa Mahmoud Hospital, El Nas Hospital, Saudia, and STC (Saudi Telecom Company).
Michael Adel is an Egyptian writer, poet, journalist, and filmmaker, and leads development at Yotta, overseeing research, scriptwriting, and script doctoring across the company’s slate. He studied and worked in physiotherapy medicine before shifting his career fully to film, studying filmmaking at the Hollywood Film Institute and earning a film production diploma from the American University in Cairo.
He wrote and directed two short films, “Pyramid, Pyramid/Haram, Haram” (2016) and the award-winning “A Bedtime Tale” (2018), and is currently in production on his third short while developing his first feature. He worked as first assistant director on the feature “Wonder Box/Sandoq El Donia” (2020), wrote and directed the documentary miniseries “Garage Studio” (2020) on the history of Egypt’s entertainment industry, and wrote drama sketches for the TV talk show “Mabrouk’s Talk” (2021). In 2022, he wrote “Dayman Amer,” a 30-episode drama for Ramadan, the biggest TV drama season in the Middle East.
Michael has published three poetry books in Egypt: “Song, Paper and Pen,” “Nazar/Vision,” and “Ala Safar (On a Journey).” Both “Nazar/Vision” (2016) and “Ala Safar” (2025) won the Sawiris Foundation’s Ahmed Fouad Negm Prize for Egyptian Colloquial Poetry, making him a two-time recipient. As a journalist, after training at Deutsche Welle Akademie, he wrote for several Egyptian, regional, and international outlets, including Al Hurra TV and HuffPost Arabic.
