Behind the Scenes on Queens of Ancient Egypt
Filmed in Ultra High Definition, Queens of Ancient Egypt is directed by award winning filmmaker, Stephen Rooke (Ireland’s Secrets from Above, Aerial Greece, Sacred Sites, Aerial Britain, Saving the Titanic, Waterways) and written by David Ryan (Viking Empires, De Gaulle in Ireland, The Lost DNA, Sacred Sites, After Braveheart, Cromwell in Ireland). The series is narrated by British-Canadian actor Jane Perry (Devils, The Syndicate, Riveria, Phantom Thread, Borg vs. McEnroe). The documentary elements were filmed in Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, USA, UK and Ireland. The stunning drama sequences were filmed in Ouarzazate, Morocco, and feature actors Charis Agbonlahor as Queen Tiye, Vanessa Milchrahm as Cleopatra II, Nathan Clough as Ptolemy VIII / Physcon, Anais Rizzo as Cleopatra III, Wardah Khan as Cleopatra VII and Daiana Madeira as Cleopatra Selene II. Egyptologist Dr Colleen Darnell is expert advisor and principal contributor to the series. Other contributors include Heba Abd El Gawad (University College London), Martina Minas-Nerpel (Trier University), John Darnell (Yale University), Jane Draycott (Glasgow University) and Alex McAuley and Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (Cardiff University).
Queens of Ancient Egypt is produced by Tile Films Limited for Curiosity Stream and Off the Fence Studios. The series was produced with the support of Section 481, Ireland’s Film Corporation Tax Credit. International distribution across Europe is being handled by Off the Fence.
Production Team
- Director– Stephen Rooke
- Producer – Suzanne Colwell
- Creative Producer – David Ryan
- Series Producer – Stephen Rooke
- Writer – David Ryan
- Editors – Dáithí Connaughton, Lawrence Fee & Breege Rowley
- Director of Photography – Ronan Fox
- Second Unit Camera – Shane Caffrey
- Additional Cameramen – Piaras Mac Cionnaith
- Camera Assistants / Date Wranglers – Ian Birney, Sean Doupe, Fia Wren
- Sound Recordists – Mick Cassidy, Niall Creavan, Stephen McDowell, Michael Jones, Michael O’Donoghue
- Boom Operator – Yassir Ghraba
- Production Manager – Michelle Mc Camley
- Production Assistants – Ellen Goodhart & Chloe Comerford
- Production Designer – Lynne Williams
- Production Design Assistant – Ellen Goodhart
- First Assistant Director – Mustapha Grumij
- Second Assistant Director – Amr Mahassine
- Wardrobe – Lynne Williams & Bouazza Warradi
- Wardrobe Assistants – Rajae Amine & Ellen Goodhart
- Hair & Makeup – Khadija Ailoul & Said Lachkar
- Props & Animals – Soufiane Oussaadi & Rayhana Tourchy
- Gaffer – Mohamad Ait Mhand
- Electricians – Simone Zarrouk & Abdell El Youbi
- SFX – Mohamad Ali Aqermim
- Medic – Najima Irachihen
- Morocco – Line Producer – Abdelhay Elanbassi
- Morocco Unit Production Manager – Asma El Mouttaki
- Morocco Location Manager – Ait Idar El Hassan
- Morocco Set Manager – Ouadia Oufint
- Morocco Production Runners / Drivers – Mustapha Chiki & Hisham Nidazzi
- Location Fixer Egypt – Romany Helmy & Ceceil Shafik
- Location Fixer Algeria – Osama Rai & Will Olsen
- Location Fixer Morocco – Youssef Hajii
- Casting – Gillian Reynolds & Hicham Akkaoui
- Senior Researcher – Eimear Healy
- Expert Advisor – Colleen Darnell
- Audio Mixer – Killian Fitzgerald
- Online Editor – Rory Gavin
- Colourist – Eugene McCrystal
- VFX – Andy Clarke, Kevin O”Brien, James Kenny, Karina Craveiro
- Post Production Supervisors – Sarah Caraher & Philip Jackson
- Media Manager – Darragh O’Keeffe
- Post Production Assistants – Sam Noone, Lara Stewart & Avril Burke
- Health, Safety & Covid 19 Manager – Marie Rooke
- Production Book-Keeper – Patricia Buckley
- Legal Advisor – Brian Gormley of Philip Lee Solicitors
- Production Accountants – Saffery Champness Ireland
- Executive Producer for Tile Films – Stephen Rooke
- Executive Producers for Off the Fence – Loren Baxter & Darren New
For Curiosity Studios
- Executive Producer – John Cavanagh
- Head of Original Content – Rob Burk
- VP Original Content – Jorge Franzini
- VP & Associate General Counsel – Becky Reed
- VP Content Operations – Mike Smith
- Director of Postproduction – Alan Saunders