Salah Abu Seif
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1915-05-10 (81 years old)
Deathday
1996-06-22
Place of Birth
Egypt
Also known As
Salah Abou Sayf
Salah Abu Seif
صلاح أبو سيف
Salah Abouseif
Salah Abu Seif
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.
Acting
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as Himself
1972
Production
1956
as Director
1957
as Director
1967
as Director
1952
as Director
1961
as Director
1973
as Director
1960
as Director
1957
as Director
1966
as Director
1954
as Screenplay
1954
as Director
1959
as Director
1968
as Director
1952
as Director
1951
as Director
1947
as Writer
1951
as Producer
1952
as Writer
1951
as Writer
1959
as Director
1960
as Director
1971
as Director
1947
as Director
1981
as Director
1977
as Director
1950
as Director
1958
as Director
1963
as Director
1957
as Director
1939
as Editor
1939
as Co-Director
1962
as Director
1952
as Director
1959
as Writer
1991
as Director
1944
as Editor
1994
as Writer
1994
as Director
1981
as Writer
1958
as Director
1971
as Writer
1968
as Writer
1973
as Writer
1973
as Producer
1976
as Assistant Director
1957
as Screenplay
1960
as Screenplay
1986
as Director
1986
as Writer
1937
as Assistant Director
1952
as Producer
1956
as Scenario Writer
1969
as Scenario Writer
1966
as Scenario Writer
1969
as Director
1977
as Director
1948
as Director
1949
as Director
1969
as Director
1960
as Director
1978
as Director
1978
as Writer
1975
as Director
1958
as Director
2002
as Writer
1967
as Screenplay
1977
as Screenplay
1943
as Editor
1945
as Editor
1942
as Editor
1942
as Editor
1949
as Writer
1968
as Writer
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