Salah Abu Seif

Film director

1915 – 1996

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Who was Salah Abu Seif?

Salah Abu Seif was one of the most famous Egyptian film directors. He is considered to be the godfather of the realistic cinema in Egypt. Many of the 41 films he directed are considered Egyptian classics.

Salah Abu Seif is the most Egyptian director to direct films adapted from Arabic novels and short stories, his film Bidaya wa nihaya was the first film adapted from a novel written by Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz.

He is also credited as Salah Abu Saif, Salah Abou Seif or Salah Abouseif. In 1977 he was a member of the jury at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival.

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Born
May 10, 1915
Cairo
Also known as
  • Salah Abouseif
  • Ṣalāḥ Abū Sayf
  • Salah Abu Saif
  • Salah Abou Seif
Nationality
  • Egypt
Profession
Died
Jun 23, 1996
Cairo

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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