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
- The Lost ... (Director)
- Kwaml's House ... (Director)
- Had Al-Saif ... (Director)
1984
- Black Tiger ... (Director)
1981
- El-Arafa ... (Director)
1980
- The Lover ... (Director)
1979
- Qaher El Zalam ... (Director)
- Storm of Tears ... (Director)
1978
- Les Misérables ... (Director)
- Daa El-Omr Ya Walady ... (Director)
1977
- These are The Days ... (Director)
1976
- The Quiet Nest ... (Director)
- Legs In Mud ... (Director)
- Barefoot on the Gold Bridge ... (Director)
1975
- And The Time passed ... (Director)
- The Grandson ... (Director)
- Young People These Days ... (Director)
- باي باي ياحلوة ... (Director)
- The Queen and I ... (Director)
- ومضي قطار العمر ... (Director)
1974
- Where Is My Mind ? ... (Director)
- Confused Woman ... (Writer)
1973
- The Back Stairs ... (Director)
- My Hippy Wife ... (Director)
- زمان يا حب ... (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
- Mother of the Bride ... (Director)
- The Naked Truth ... (Director)
1961
- No Understanding ... (Director)
- A Day of My Life ... (Director)
- The Seven Daughters ... (Director)
- Temple of love ... (Screenplay)
1960
- A Woman's Secret ... (Director)
1959
- Conflict in the Nile ... (Director)
- Rendezvous with a Stranger ... (Director)
- We the Students ... (Director)
1958
- Beach of Secrets ... (Director)
1957
- They Taught Me Love ... (Director)
- Gharam El Millionaire ... (Director)
1956
- Miracle from heaven ... (Director)
- The Scornful Man ... (Director)
- A Voice from the Past ... (Director)
1955
- Love Crime ... (Director)
- Dawn ... (Director)
1954
- They Made Me a Criminal ... (Writer)
- Laila Min Omri ... (Director)
1953
- Child For rent ... (Assistant Director)
- The Deprivation ... (Director)
1952
- Qadam Al Kheir ... (Assistant Director)
- Al Montaser ... (Assistant Director)
- I Want To Get Married ... (Assistant Director)
- Habib qalbi ... (Assistant Director)
- According to Your Taste ... (Assistant Director)
1951
- Girls Are Sweet ... (Assistant Director)
- Come and Greet ... (Assistant Director)
- Nehayet Qessa ... (Assistant Director)
- My Mother in Law is an Atomic Bomb ... (Assistant Director)
- Love in danger ... (Co-Director)
1950
- A Dancer's Infatuation ... (Assistant Director)
1949
- Hoda ... (Co-Director)
- El Masri Effendi ... (Co-Director)
- Fatma, Marika & Rachel ... (Co-Director)
1948
- Heaven's Justice ... (Assistant Director)
- Love and madness ... (Assistant Director)
1947
- قبلني يا أبي ... (Co-Director)
- Treachery and torment ... (Assistant Director)
1945
- A kiss in Lebanon ... (Script Supervisor)