Director
Salah Abu Seif
111 years · Egypt · 48 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 48
The Ostrich and the Peacock
2002 · Writer
Mr. K
1994 · Writer, Director
Citizen Masrey
1991 · Director
The Beginning
1986 · Director, Writer
Al-Qadisiyya
1981 · Director, Writer
The Criminal
1978 · Director, Writer
The Water-Carrier Is Dead
1977 · Director
Caught in a Honey Trap
1977 · Director, Screenplay
The Liar
1975 · Director
The Malatily Bathhouse
1973 · Director, Writer
City Lights
1972 · Actor
Dawn of Islam
1971 · Director, Writer
A Bit of Torment
1969 · Director
Three Women
1969 · Director
The Circus
1968 · Writer
The Second Wife
1967 · Director, Screenplay
Cairo 30
1966 · Director
No Time for Love
1963 · Director
Letter from an Unknown Woman
1962 · Director
The Sun Will Never Set
1961 · Director
The Beginning and the End
1960 · Director, Screenplay
Agony of Love
1960 · Director, Writer
The Girls in Summer
1960 · Director
Between Heaven and Earth
1959 · Director, Writer