
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 (1 movie)
Directing (39 movies)

The Leech
1956

Sleepless
1957

The Second Wife
1967

Rayya and Sekina
1952

The Sun Will Never Set
1961

The Bathhouse of Malatily
1973

The Beginning and the End
1960

The Thug
1957

Cairo 30
1966

The Beast
1954

Between Heaven and Earth
1959
Case 68
1968

Foreman Hassan
1952

Your Day Will Come
1951

I Am Free
1959

The Girls in Summer
1960

Dawn of Islam
1971

The Avenger
1947

Al-Qadisiyya
1981

The Water-Carrier Is Dead
1977

The Hawk
1950

The Barred Road
1958

No Time for Love
1963

The Empty Pillow
1957

Letter from an Unknown Woman
1962

Love Humiliates
1952

Citizen Masrey
1991

Mr. K
1994

A criminal on leave
1958

The Beginning
1986

A Bit of Torment
1969

Caught in a Honey Trap
1977

The Adventures of Antar and Abla
1948

Shari al-bahlawan
1949

Three Women
1969

Agony of Love
1960

The Criminal
1978

The Liar
1975

This is Love
1958
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| The Avenger | 1947 | Writer | 
| Shari al-bahlawan | 1949 | Writer | 
| Your Day Will Come | 1951 | Producer | 
| Your Day Will Come | 1951 | Writer | 
| Rayya and Sekina | 1952 | Writer | 
| Foreman Hassan | 1952 | Producer | 
| The Beast | 1954 | Screenplay | 
| The Thug | 1957 | Screenplay | 
| Between Heaven and Earth | 1959 | Writer | 
| The Beginning and the End | 1960 | Screenplay | 
| The Second Wife | 1967 | Screenplay | 
| Case 68 | 1968 | Writer | 
| The Circus | 1968 | Writer | 
| Dawn of Islam | 1971 | Writer | 
| The Bathhouse of Malatily | 1973 | Writer | 
| The Bathhouse of Malatily | 1973 | Producer | 
| Caught in a Honey Trap | 1977 | Screenplay | 
| The Criminal | 1978 | Writer | 
| Al-Qadisiyya | 1981 | Writer | 
| The Beginning | 1986 | Writer | 
| Mr. K | 1994 | Writer | 
| The Ostrich and the Peacock | 2002 | Writer | 
