Salah Abu Seif
Known for Directing
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.
Filmography
Rayya and Sekina
1952
Director
Rayya and Sekina
1952
Writer
The Malatily Bathhouse
1973
Director
The Malatily Bathhouse
1973
Writer
The Malatily Bathhouse
1973
Producer
The Circus
1968
Writer
No Time for Love
1963
Director
The Beginning and the End
1960
Director
The Beginning and the End
1960
Screenplay
The Water-Carrier Is Dead
1977
Director
Between Heaven and Earth
1959
Director
Between Heaven and Earth
1959
Writer
City Lights
1972
The Liar
1975
Director
The Second Wife
1967
Director
The Second Wife
1967
Screenplay
The Thug
1957
Director
The Thug
1957
Screenplay
Three Women
1969
Director
The Ostrich and the Peacock
2002
Writer