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
- Kwaml's House ... (Director)
- Had Al-Saif ... (Director)
- The Lost ... (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
- Legs In Mud ... (Director)
- Barefoot on the Gold Bridge ... (Director)
- The Quiet Nest ... (Director)
1975
- The Grandson ... (Director)
- And The Time passed ... (Director)
- باي باي ياحلوة ... (Director)
- Young People These Days ... (Director)
- The Queen and I ... (Director)
- ومضي قطار العمر ... (Director)
1974
- Where Is My Mind? ... (Director)
- Confused Woman ... (Writer)
1973
- The Back Stairs ... (Director)
- زمان يا حب ... (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
- Mother of the Bride ... (Director)
- The Naked Truth ... (Director)
1961
- A Day of My Life ... (Director)
- No Understanding ... (Director)
- Temple of love ... (Screenplay)
- The Seven Daughters ... (Director)
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
- A Voice from the Past ... (Director)
- Miracle from heaven ... (Director)
- The Scornful Man ... (Director)
1955
- Love Crime ... (Director)
- Dawn ... (Director)
1954
- Laila Min Omri ... (Director)
- They Made Me a Criminal ... (Writer)
1953
- The Deprivation ... (Director)
- Child For rent ... (Assistant Director)
1952
- Qadam Al Kheir ... (Assistant Director)
- Habib qalbi ... (Assistant Director)
- Al Montaser ... (Assistant Director)
- According to Your Taste ... (Assistant Director)
- I Want To Get Married ... (Assistant Director)
1951
- Come and Greet ... (Assistant Director)
- My Mother in Law is an Atomic Bomb ... (Assistant Director)
- Girls Are Sweet ... (Assistant Director)
- Love in danger ... (Co-Director)
- Nehayet Qessa ... (Assistant Director)
1950
- A Dancer's Infatuation ... (Assistant Director)
1949
- Hoda ... (Co-Director)
- Fatma, Marika & Rachel ... (Co-Director)
- El Masri Effendi ... (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)