Atef Salem
Born: 1921-07-23 in Sudan
Died: 2002-07-30
Known For: Directing
Biography
Atef Salem is a famous Egyptian director, born in Sudan to Egyptian parents. He enriched Egyptian cinema with many notable films. Among his famous films are Mother of the Bride (1963) and its sequel, The Grandson (1975). He began his artistic career as an actor in the movie Magda (1943), then worked as an assistant director for several directors, then as a director. He directed 32 films between 1954 and 2001. Many of his films were scripted by the novelist Naguib Mahfouz. His 1967 film Khan el Khalili was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.
Filmography
1994
- ونسيت أني امرأة ... (Director)
1993
- Toot Toot ... (Director)
1992
- دموع صاحبة الجلالة ... (Director)
1987
- Al Ragol Yohib Maratein ... (Director)
1986
- Had Al-Saif ... (Director)
- The Lost ... (Director)
- Kwaml's House ... (Director)
1984
- Black Tiger ... (Director)
1981
- El-Arafa ... (Director)
1980
- The Lover ... (Director)
1979
- Storm of Tears ... (Director)
- Qaher Al Zalam ... (Director)
1978
- Les Misérables ... (Director)
- Daa El-Omr Ya Walady ... (Director)
1977
- These are The Days ... (Director)
1976
- Legs In Mud ... (Director)
- The Quiet Nest ... (Director)
- Barefoot on the Gold Bridge ... (Director)
1975
- The Grandson ... (Director)
- And The Time passed ... (Director)
- Young People These Days ... (Director)
- The Queen and I ... (Director)
- باي باي ياحلوة ... (Director)
- ومضي قطار العمر ... (Director)
1974
- Where Is My Mind ? ... (Director)
- Confused Woman ... (Writer)
1973
- زمان يا حب ... (Director)
- The Back Stairs ... (Director)
- My Hippy Wife ... (Director)
1971
- College Girls ... (Director)
1969
- Womens' Tailor ... (Director)
1968
- The Circus ... (Director)
1966
- Khan El-Khalili ... (Director)
- The Yemen Revolution ... (Director)
1965
- The Mamluks ... (Director)
1964
- A wife from Paris ... (Director)
- Fleeing from life ... (Director)
1963
- The Mother of the Bride ... (Director)
- The Naked Truth ... (Director)
1961
- A Day of My Life ... (Director)
- The Seven Daughters ... (Director)
- Temple of love ... (Screenplay)
- No Understanding ... (Director)
1960
- A Woman's Secret ... (Director)
1959
- We the Students ... (Director)
- Struggle on the Nile ... (Director)
- Rendezvous with a Stranger ... (Director)
1958
- Beach of Secrets ... (Director)
1957
- Gharam El Millionaire ... (Director)
- They Taught Me Love ... (Director)
1956
- A Voice from the Past ... (Director)
- Miracle from heaven ... (Director)
- The Scornful Man ... (Director)
1955
- Love Crime ... (Director)
- Dawn ... (Director)
1954
- They Made Me a Criminal ... (Writer)
- Laila Min Omri ... (Director)
1953
- The Deprivation ... (Director)
- Child For rent ... (Assistant Director)
1952
- Al Montaser ... (Assistant Director)
- Habib qalbi ... (Assistant Director)
- I Want To Get Married ... (Assistant Director)
- Qadam Al Kheir ... (Assistant Director)
- According to Your Taste ... (Assistant Director)
1951
- Come and Greet ... (Assistant Director)
- Girls Are Sweet ... (Assistant Director)
- My Mother in Law is an Atomic Bomb ... (Assistant Director)
- Nehayet Qessa ... (Assistant Director)
- Love in danger ... (Co-Director)
1950
- A Dancer's Infatuation ... (Assistant Director)
1949
- Fatma, Marika & Rachel ... (Co-Director)
- Hoda ... (Co-Director)
- El Masri Effendi ... (Co-Director)
1948
- Love and madness ... (Assistant Director)
- Heaven's Justice ... (Assistant Director)
1947
- قبلني يا أبي ... (Co-Director)
- Treachery and torment ... (Assistant Director)
1945
- A kiss in Lebanon ... (Script Supervisor)