Directing
Community Rating
7.7
TMDB estimate
Born
May 10, 1915
Died
June 22, 1996 (age 81)
Born in
Egypt
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.
Salah abu seif
as Himself
TBA
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The Ostrich and the Peacock
as Writer
2002
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Mr. K
as Director, Writer
1994
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Citizen Masrey
as Director
1991
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The Beginning
as Writer, Director
1986
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Al-Qadisiyya
as Director, Writer
1981
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The Criminal
as Director, Writer
1978
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The Water-Carrier Is Dead
as Director
1977
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Caught in a Honey Trap
as Director, Screenplay
1977
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First Year of Love
as Assistant Director
1976
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The Liar
as Director
1975
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The Malatily Bathhouse
as Director, Producer, Writer
1973
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City Lights
1972
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Dawn of Islam
as Director, Writer
1971
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A Bit of Torment
as Scenario Writer, Director
1969
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Three Women
as Director
1969
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The Circus
as Writer
1968
—Case 68
as Director, Writer
1968
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The Second Wife
as Director, Screenplay
1967
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Cairo 30
as Director, Scenario Writer
1966
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