Ahmad Badrakhan

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-09-18 (60 years old)

Deathday

1969-08-26

Place of Birth

Cairo, Egypt

Ahmad Badrakhan

Biography

Ahmad Badrakhan (18 September 1909 – 26 August 1969) was an Egyptian film director and screenwriter of Kurdish origin. He directed 41 films between 1936 and 1968. He is famous for his 1952 romantic drama A Night of Love starring Mahmoud Almeleji and Mariam Fakhr Eddine. He directed Intisar al-chabab (1941) which for the first time starred the virtuoso oud player and singer Farid al-Atrash along with singer Asmahan. He was married to Asmahan, and would be a central figure in Misr studios, Egypts most popular cinema studio at the time.

Production

1950

The Last Lie

as Director

1967

The Other Half

as Director

1944

Who's Done it ?

as Director

1958

A Stranger

as Director

1940

Dananeir

as Director

1949

1955

Pledge of Love

as Director

1955

1941

1953

1952

Mustafa Kamel

as Director

1937

Hymn of Hope

as Director

1969

Nadia

as Director

1947

Cairo-Baghdad

as Director

1947

Fatmah

as Director

1942

1944

The Innocent

as Director

1951

Al-Sharaff Ghali

as Director

1956

1952

Aiza atgawiz

as Director

1949

I Love You Only

as Director

1966

Sayed Darwish

as Director

1934

Yacout

as Assistant Director

1955

1955

God Is on Our Side

as Scenario Writer

1968

Joys

as Director

1951

A Night of Love

as Director

1946

Ma'adarsh

as Director

1938

Lasheen

as Writer

1940

1956

The Little Doll

as Director

1942

Eayida

as Director

1946

Ma'adarsh

as Scenario Writer

1936

Wedad

as Writer

1945

Shahr aleasal

as Director

1945

Shahr aleasal

as Scenario Writer

1937

Hymn of Hope

as Writer

1944

The Innocent

as Writer

1945

1947

Cairo-Baghdad

as Writer

1950

The Last Lie

as Writer

1952

Aiza atgawiz

as Scenario Writer

1954

1945

A kiss in Lebanon

as Screenplay

1940

Dananeir

as Screenplay

1940

1942

1941

1946

Glory and tears

as Director

1947

1946

Glory and tears

as Screenplay

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