Biography
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.
Filmography
all 44
Movies 44
Director 41
Writer 2
Writer
The Ostrich and the Peacock (2002)
Movie
Director / Writer
Mr. K (1994)
Movie
Director
Citizen Masrey (1991)
Movie
Director
The Beginning (1986)
Movie
Director
Al-Qadisiyya (1981)
Movie
Director / Writer
The Criminal (1978)
Movie
Director
The Water Carrier Died (1977)
Movie
Director
Caught in a Honey Trap (1977)
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Assistant Director
First Year of Love (1976)
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Director
The Liar (1975)
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Director
The Bathhouse of Malatily (1973)
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Director
Dawn of Islam (1971)
Movie
Director
A Bit of Torment (1969)
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Director
Three Women (1969)
Movie
Writer
The Circus (1968)
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Director
Case 68 (1968)
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Director
The Second Wife (1967)
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Director
Cairo 30 (1966)
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Director
No Time for Love (1963)
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Director
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1962)
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Director
The Sun Will Never Set (1961)
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Director
A Beginning and an Ending (1960)
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Director
Agony of Love (1960)
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Director
The Girls in Summer (1960)
Movie
Director / Writer
Between Heaven and Earth (1959)
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Director
This is Love (1958)
Movie
Director
The Barred Road (1958)
Movie
Director
مجرم في إجازة (1958)
Movie
Director
I Am Free (1958)
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Director
Sleepless (1957)
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Director
The Thug (1957)
Movie
Director
The Empty Pillow (1957)
Movie
Director / Writer
A Woman's Youth (1956)
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Director
The Beast (1954)
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Director
Foreman Hassan (1952)
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Director
Rayya and Sekina (1952)
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Director
Love Humiliates (1952)
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Director
Your Day Will Come (1951)
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Director
The Hawk (1950)
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Director
Shari al-bahlawan (1949)
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Director
The Adventures of Antar and Abla (1948)
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Director
The Avenger (1947)
Movie
Editor
Passion and Revenge (1944)
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Editor / Co-Director
The Will (1939)
Movie
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1915-05-10
Deathday1996-06-22 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceCairo, Egypt
CitizenshipsEgypt
Also Known AsSalah Abou Sayf, Salah Abu Seif, صلاح أبو سيف, Salah Abouseif
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