Salah Abu Seif
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Actor
May 10, 1915 — June 22, 1996 (81 years)
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.
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
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| 1986 | |
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| 2002 | |
| 1986 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | The Second Wife · as Screenplay |
| 1960 | The Beginning and the End · as Screenplay |
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| 1959 | |
| 1957 | The Tough · as Screenplay |
| 1956 | The Leech · as Screenplay |
| 1954 | The Monster · as Screenplay |
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| 1939 |
| 1972 |
| 1969 | A Bit of Torment · as Scenario Writer |
| 1966 | Cairo 30 · as Scenario Writer |
| 1939 | The Will · as Co-Director |
| 1937 | Salama Is Safe · as Assistant Director |