Salah Abu Seif

Salah Abu Seif
Born May 10, 1915(1915-05-10)
Cairo, Egypt
Died June 23, 1996(1996-06-23) (aged 81)
Occupation Film director, screenwriter

Salah Abu Seif (Arabic: صلاح أبوسيف‎, Ṣalāḥ Abū Sayf) (May 10, 1915 – June 23, 1996) was one of the most famous Egyptian film directors. He is considered to be the godfather of the realistic cinema in Egypt. Many of the 41 films he directed are considered Egyptian classics.

Salah Abu Seif is the most Egyptian director to direct films adapted from Arabic novels and short stories (17 films), his film Bidaya wa nihaya (1960) was the first film adapted from a novel written by Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz.

He is also credited as Salah Abu Saif, Salah Abou Seif or Salah Abouseif.

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Early life

Salah Abu Seif was born in the Boulaq quarter, in Cairo, Egypt.

Awards

Frequent collaborators

Filmography

Notable Films

Complete Filmography

In the Press

The best of Egyptian cinema , the best 15 best Egyptian films of all time [1]

References

  1. ^ Luisa Ceretto (a cura di) Il cinema secondo Salah Abou Seif Salah Abou Seif Cinema according to Salh Abou Seif edited in English and Italian. Written by Anna Albertano, Ibrahim Al-Ariss, Khémais Khayati, Michele Capasso

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