---
name: "May el-Toukhy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/may-el-toukhy"
fi1m_id: "may-el-toukhy"
imdb_id: "nm1392439"
tmdb_id: 1290996
wikidata_id: "Q28108868"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "17 August 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T19:51:02.279311+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# May el-Toukhy

## Identity

May el-Toukhy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/may-el-toukhy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** may-el-toukhy
- **IMDb ID:** nm1392439
- **TMDB ID:** 1290996
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28108868
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_el-Toukhy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28108868, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392439/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1290996

Director. Born 17 August 1977 in Charlottenlund, Danmark.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 17 August 1977, Charlottenlund, Danmark
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Also known as:** 梅尔·图琪, مي الطوخي
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 crew
- **Venice Film Festival:** 1 Venice prize (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_el-Toukhy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28108868, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392439/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1290996

## Coming up

- *Woman Unknown* (2027-02-04), Director

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Crown*](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

May el-Toukhy is a Danish director and writer. She was born on 17 August 1977 in Charlottenlund, Denmark, and trained at the Danish National School of Performing Arts, graduating in 2002, and the National Film School of Denmark, graduating in 2009.

She directed four episodes of the Netflix series *The Crown* (2022–2023). Her feature films include *Long Story Short* (2015), *Queen of Hearts* (2019), for which she also wrote the screenplay, and *Woman Unknown* (2026). For the latter she won the Golden Lion at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.

*Sources: imdb.com, deadline.com, thenationalnews.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Crown* (2016), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Borgen* (2010), Fi1m 84, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/borgen.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Woman Unknown* (2027), Director, Writer
- *Last Summer* (2023), Original Film Writer
- *R.S.V.P.* (2022), Original Film Writer
- *Cry Wolf* (2020), series, Director
- *Queen of Hearts* (2019), Director, Writer
- *Ride Upon the Storm* (2017), series, Director
- *The Crown* (2016), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Long Story Short* (2015), Director, Writer
- *The Legacy* (2014), series, Director
- *Borgen* (2010), series, Assistant Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/borgen.md)
- *Camping* (2009), Second Assistant Director
- *Bits & Pieces* (2009), Director, Writer
- *Sommer* (2008), series, Assistant Director
- *Mother's Day* (2005), Director, Writer, Producer
- *5 Heartbeats* (2003), Director
- *My Blessed Brother* (2003), Writer, Director, Director of Photography
- *Stereo* (2001), Director, Writer
- *The Lioness*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Marina Bouras, Carsten Bjørnlund, May el-Toukhy and Mathilde Arcel Fock at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/152687/gallery-e3b9a6650112.jpg) Marina Bouras, Carsten Bjørnlund, May el-Toukhy and Mathilde Arcel Fock at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2026) — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Director_and_Cast_of_Woman_Unknown-4709.jpg/1280px-Director_and_Cast_of_Woman_Unknown-4709.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![May el-Toukhy at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/152687/gallery-ed7cc14d22da.jpg) May el-Toukhy at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2026) — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/May_el-Toukhy-4816.jpg/1280px-May_el-Toukhy-4816.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![May el-Toukhy](https://film.one/media/person/152687/gallery-9ce5cbeceebd.jpg) May el-Toukhy — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/May_el-Toukhy-4841.jpg/1280px-May_el-Toukhy-4841.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Marina Bouras, Carsten Bjørnlund, May el-Toukhy and Mathilde Arcel Fock at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/152687/gallery-c4e14a710a17.jpg) Marina Bouras, Carsten Bjørnlund, May el-Toukhy and Mathilde Arcel Fock at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2026) — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/May_el-Toukhy.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![May el-Toukhy](https://film.one/media/person/152687/gallery-ef527c5eb0a5.jpg) May el-Toukhy — Image via TMDB
- ![May el-Toukhy receives the Golden Lion for for Best Film for ‘Woman Unknown’ during the closing ceremony of the Venice International Film Festival 83 (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/152687/gallery-b0bda65114f5.jpg) May el-Toukhy receives the Golden Lion for for Best Film for ‘Woman Unknown’ during the closing ceremony of the Venice International Film Festival 83 (2026) — Ondine Goat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/May_el-Toukhy_receives_the_Golden_Lion_at_the_Venice_International_Film_Festival_83_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Venice Film Festival — 1 won

- 2026: Golden Lion (won)

### Other awards — 1 won

- The Carl Theodor Dreyer Prize 2020: The Carl Theodor Dreyer Prize (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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