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 |