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.

Directed

1. Cairo 30 (1966) — Director
2. Sleepless (1957) — Director
3. The Second Wife (1967) — Director
4. I Am Free (1959) — Director
5. Rayya and Sekina (1952) — Director
6. Between Heaven and Earth (1959) — Director
7. The Beginning (1986) — Director
8. The Malatily Bathhouse (1973) — Director
9. The Beginning and the End (1960) — Director
10. A Woman's Youth (1956) — Director
11. The Beast (1954) — Director
12. The Water-Carrier Is Dead (1977) — Director
13. Citizen Masrey (1991) — Director
14. The Thug (1957) — Director
15. The Empty Pillow (1957) — Director
16. The Sun Will Never Set (1961) — Director
17. The Girls in Summer (1960) — Director
18. Foreman Hassan (1952) — Director
19. Dawn of Islam (1971) — Director
20. The Avenger (1947) — Director
21. The Barred Road (1958) — Director
22. No Time for Love (1963) — Director
23. Case 68 (1968) — Director
24. Lak Yom Ya Zalem (1951) — Director
25. Al-Qadisiyya (1981) — Director
26. The Hawk (1950) — Director
27. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1962) — Director
28. A criminal on leave (1958) — Director
29. A Bit of Torment (1969) — Director
30. Caught in a Honey Trap (1977) — Director
31. The Adventures of Antar and Abla (1948) — Director
32. Shari al-bahlawan (1949) — Director
33. Agony of Love (1960) — Director
34. The Criminal (1978) — Director
35. The Liar (1975) — Director
36. Love Humiliates (1952) — Director
37. Mr. K (1994) — Director
38. Three Women (1969) — Director
39. This is Love (1958) — Director
40. Always in my heart (1946) — Director

Also appeared in

1. City Lights (1972)
2. Salah abu seif — Himself