
Art
Salah Marei
AR, EN cinema · 25 credits
Born
24 November 1942
Died
3 March 2011 (aged 68)
Birthplace
El Mahla el Kobra, Egypt
One of the greatest interior designers in the history of Egyptian cinema, he was born in El-Mahalla El-Kubra in 1942. He began working in the field at the age of twenty-two, in the movie Life is Good in 1964. He had a strong friendship with the director (Shadi Abdel Salam) since he was teaching him at the Film Institute, and he owes him much of what he reached. From their work is The Mummy, which was presented in 1975 and is considered by many to be the most complete and surprising Egyptian film from a visual point of view. From his work: A Song on the Passage and Silence Sons. He passed away in Cairo on Thursday, March 3, 2011.
Known for
Filmography

In the Last Days of the City
Art Direction

Alzheimer's
Production Design

In Natural Colors
Production Design

Very Humane
Art Direction

Have We Met Before
Art Direction

First Time in Love
Production Design

I Love Cinema
Art Direction

The Magician
Art Direction

The Lovers
Art Direction

The City
Art Direction

Mabrouk and Bulbul
Decorator

The Champion
Interior Designer

The Asphalt Kings
Production Design

Those Gentlemen
Scenic Artist

The Hunger
Costume Design

The Awakening
Art Direction

Waraa Al-Shams
Decorator

A Song on the Passage
Actor, Decorator

The Barrier
Decorator

Horizons
Art Direction

The Killers
Decorator

The Eloquent Peasant
Art Direction

The Night of Counting the Years
Production Design

Life is Sweet
Decorator


