Salah Abu Seif
Born: 1915-05-10 in Egypt
Died: 1996-06-22
Known For: Directing
Biography
Salah Abu Seif (صلاح أبو سيف; 1915 – 1996) was one of the most famous Egyptian film directors. Many of the 41 films he directed, many of which were based on novels by Naguib Mahfouz, are considered Egyptian classics. Known as the Godfather of Egyptian neorealism, Abu Seif pioneered shooting on location - though he also used sets - in places none of his predecessors had dared to visit, like ghurza (the equivalent of old Chinese opium dens), brothels and impoverished areas whose existence had never been officially acknowledged.
Filmography
2002
- The Ostrich and the Peacock ... (Writer)
1994
- Mr. K ... (Writer)
1991
- Citizen Masrey ... (Director)
1986
- The Beginning ... (Writer)
1981
- Al-Qadisiyya ... (Director)
1978
- The Criminal ... (Director)
1977
- The Water-Carrier Is Dead ... (Director)
- Caught in a Honey Trap ... (Director)
1976
- First Year of Love ... (Assistant Director)
1975
- The Liar ... (Director)
1973
- The Malatily Bathhouse ... (Director)
1972
1971
- Dawn of Islam ... (Director)
1969
- Three Women ... (Director)
- A Bit of Torment ... (Scenario Writer)
1968
- Case 68 ... (Director)
- The Circus ... (Writer)
1967
- The Second Wife ... (Director)
1966
- Cairo 30 ... (Director)
1963
- No Time for Love ... (Director)
1962
- Letter from an Unknown Woman ... (Director)
1961
- The Sun Will Never Set ... (Director)
1960
- The Girls in Summer ... (Director)
- The Beginning and the End ... (Director)
- Agony of Love ... (Director)
1959
- I Am Free ... (Director)
- Between Heaven and Earth ... (Director)
1958
- This is Love ... (Director)
- A criminal on leave ... (Director)
- The Barred Road ... (Director)
1957
- Sleepless ... (Director)
- The Thug ... (Director)
- The Empty Pillow ... (Director)
1956
- The Leech ... (Director)
1954
- The Beast ... (Director)
1952
- Rayya and Sekina ... (Director)
- Foreman Hassan ... (Director)
- Love Humiliates ... (Director)
1951
- Your Day Will Come ... (Director)
1950
- The Hawk ... (Director)
1949
- Shari al-bahlawan ... (Director)
1948
- The Adventures of Antar and Abla ... (Director)
1947
- The Avenger ... (Writer)
1945
- Ahlahom ... (Editor)
1944
- Passion and Revenge ... (Editor)
1943
- Issue of the day ... (Editor)
1942
- Eayida ... (Editor)
- On the stage of life ... (Editor)
1939
- The Will ... (Editor)
1937
- Salama Is Fine ... (Assistant Director)