Eternally grateful to the incredible music team and all the MarvelStudios family: Hesham Nazih
The first-ever Egyptian-directed Marvel series — “Moon Knight,” starring Hollywood star Oscar Isaac and Egyptian Palestinian actress May Calamawy — has nabbed eight nods at the Primetime Emmy nominations, announced on Tuesday.
The nominations included one for Egyptian music composer Hesham Nazih in the outstanding music composition for a limited or anthology series, movie or special category.
“Nothing beats receiving the amazing news of your first Emmy nomination while walking in the breath taking streets of Florence on a full moon night. Can’t express how thrilled I am,” tweeted Nazih.
Director Mohamed Diab also took to Twitter, writing originally in Arabic, “Proud that Moon Knight has been nominated for eight Emmy Awards… for acting, photography, action, clothing, sound and soundtrack for the talented Hesham Nazih.