Directing
Salah Abu Seif
AR cinema · 52 credits
Born
10 May 1915
Died
22 June 1996 (aged 81)
Birthplace
Egypt
Also known as Salah Abou Sayf · Salah Abu Seif · صلاح أبو سيف · Salah Abouseif
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 for
Filmography
صلاح ابو سيف
Salah abu seif
as Himself
Mr. K
Writer, Director
Citizen Masrey
Director
The Beginning
Writer, Director
Al-Qadisiyya
Director, Writer
The Criminal
Director, Writer
Caught in a Honey Trap
Director, Screenplay
First Year of Love
Assistant Director
The Liar
Director
The Malatily Bathhouse
Director, Producer, Writer
Dawn of Islam
Director, Writer
A Bit of Torment
Scenario Writer, Director
Three Women
Director
القضية 68
1968
Case 68
Director, Writer
The Circus
Writer
The Second Wife
Director, Screenplay
Cairo 30
Director, Scenario Writer
No Time for Love
Director
The Beginning and the End
Director, Screenplay
The Girls in Summer
Director
Agony of Love
Director, Writer
Between Heaven and Earth
Director, Writer
I Am Free
Director
The Barred Road
Director
A criminal on leave
Director
This is Love
Director
Sleepless
Director
The Thug
Director, Screenplay
The Empty Pillow
Director
A Woman's Youth
Director, Screenplay
The Beast
Director, Screenplay
Rayya and Sekina
Director, Writer
Foreman Hassan
Director, Producer
Lak Yom Ya Zalem
Director, Producer, Writer
The Hawk
Director
Shari al-bahlawan
Director, Writer
The Adventures of Antar and Abla
Director, Writer
The Avenger
Writer, Director
Eayida
Editor
The Will
Editor, Co-Director
Salama Is Fine
Assistant Director