Sherif Arafa

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-12-25 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Egypt

Sherif Arafa

Biography

Sherif Arafa is an Egyptian director, producer and producer. He was born on 25 December 1960 and graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema in 1982. He is the son of director Saad Arafa and the eldest brother of Amr Arafa. Sherif Arafa has produced many important films in the history of Egyptian cinema, such as the Birds of Darkness, the Spectator, Mafia and Halim. He has worked with top stars since his artistic beginnings such as Suad Hosni, Ahmed Zaki and Adel Azzam. He has also discovered and introduced many well-known young actors such as Alaa Wali El Din, Mohamed Henedy, Mona Zaki, Mohamed Saad, Noor, Ahmed Hilmi, Haytham Ahmed Zaki...

Production

2011

18 Days

as Writer

2009

2011

X-Large

as Director

1993

Al Zaeem

as Director

2007

The Island

as Story

2022

The Crime

as Writer

2022

The Crime

as Director

2000

1986

Had Al-Saif

as Assistant Director

2000

The Headmaster

as Director

1995

Angels do not inhabit earth

as Assistant Director

2024

2002

Mafia

as Director

1991

Silence!

as Producer

1995

1992

2007

The Island

as Director

2014

The Island 2

as Director

1991

2011

18 Days

as Director

1993

The Forgotten

as Director

2006

Halim

as Executive Producer

2006

Halim

as Writer

1986

Return of a Citizen

as Assistant Director

2001

Son of Wealth

as Director

1999

2006

Halim

as Director

1996

Sweet Oblivion

as Director

1988

The Third Class

as Director

2019

The Passage

as Director

2019

The Passage

as Writer

1987

1991

Silence!

as Director

1991

O, Mehalabeya

as Director

1981

Al Mawardi Cafe

as Co-Director

1985

Fingerprints On Water

as Assistant Director

1985

Al muntaqimun

as First Assistant Director

1981

Tears on the wedding night

as Assistant Director

2006

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