Shukri Anis Fakhoury

In a 2021 interview, Fakhoury attributed his absence from the TV scene to his circumspect writing style, and to production entities competition resulting in putting some of his works on hold. The independent producers he usually collaborates with are at a disadvantage against big rival production companies. He said that three of his works are ready for the screen, among which a series about the assassinated former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, which was stopped for political reasons, and a sequel to his successful Al `assifa tahubbu marratayn called Al `assifa tahubbu min jadid (The storm blows again).

Fakhoury comes from a family that is known for its Syrian nationalism beliefs; some of his works, particularly the 'Assifa series, were criticized by some Lebanese for carrying Syrian Nationalist connotations. In 2021 he commented that the October 17 Revolution was merely a movement and would not qualify as a revolution as long as it is peaceful and unarmed.

Fakhoury wrote Sarkhet hobb (Love cry) for the Egyptian movie director Safwat Ghattas; Al-jom`a 7:30 (Friday at 7:30) was another movie scheduled for 2006, but the production was interrupted by the 2006 Lebanon-Israel conflict, and according to Fakhoury, because of the politically-sensitive plot. He wrote Zafafian, a romantic comedy released in 2017.

In 1994, Fakhoury wrote al `assifa tahubbu marratayn for Télé Liban which was originally planned as a 7 episode miniseries. The series was so successful that after airing the fourth episode, Télé Liban CEO Foud Naim commissioned Fakhoury to bring up the number of episodes to a hundred. The series was directed by Milad al-Hachem, with a Lebanese star-studded cast including Roula Hamadeh, Fady Ibrahim, and Ward al-Khal.

His 1993 La amsa ba`d alyawm (No past after today), which he wrote of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation, garnered general praise from the Lebanese audience. Between 1994 and 2001 he wrote drama series solely for Télé Liban; during this period he produced the telemovie Ath-thalj ad-dafi' (The warm snow), and several series including Rabih alhobb (The spring of love), Al-`assifa tahobb marratayn (The storm blows twice), Nisa' fi al`asifa (Women in the storm), and Ismuha la (Her name is No).

Fakhouy's drama series had a lasting impact on Lebanese pop culture; during the mid-1990s and early 2000s, Lebanese teenagers youth identified with character's such as Nader Sabbagh, the quintessential womanizer (played by Fady Ibrahim), and Jamal Salem, the strong-willed woman played by Roula Hamadeh. Télé Liban administration capitalized on the show's success, and organized meet-and-greet events attended by masses of fans. The show was a record-breaker in terms of audience, and was the longest running Lebanese drama series, with a total of 177 episodes.

In 1986 Fakhoury wrote his first screenplay for Al-Lawha al-Akhira (The last painting), adapted as a telemovie that aired on the Lebanese public television, Télé Liban in 1988. The show was followed by Muthnibun wa Lakin (Guilty but) and many others.

Fakhoury returned to Lebanon in 1981 where he established a commercial printing press Markaz Lubnan al-Fanni (Lebanon Center of Arts), he also published Ghibtatahu wal-Shaykh (His Beatitude and the Sheikh).

Fakhoury grew up in Beirut, where he received his education. He was strongly influenced by his father’s idealistic and disciplined writing style. The two had a strong bond of friendship despite the father's prolonged periods of time away from home. Loris assumed both parental roles during her husband's professional travels, and after his premature death due to a traffic accident in Kuwait in 1979.

Fakhoury married Yolande Amin Estephan in 1976, they have two sons, Hisham and Omar.

Fakhoury attended the Christian Teaching Institute in Ashrafieh for his secondary education where he chose, and graduated with a humanities and literature concentration. In 1971, he attended the Lebanese University Faculty of Arts, from which he graduated with a BA in Arabic language and literature in 1975. Fakhoury was offered, but because of his primarily English education, could not benefit from a scholarship at the French Sorbonne University.

Shukri Anis Fakhoury (Arabic: شكري انيس فاخوري; alternatively spelled in various sources as Chikri, Chikry, Choukri, Choukry, Shekri, Shoukry; born 2 December 1953) is a prolific Lebanese screenwriter and novelist, and the creator of a great number of successful Lebanese television drama series.

Fakhoury was born in Damascus, Syria on 15 February 1953 to a family of Lebanese Tripolitans. He was the lone child of George Anis Fakhoury, a writer and an intellectual and Loris, the sister of Michel and Fouad Moukarzel who edited and published the satirical Ad-Dabbour (The Wasp) newspaper.