Hussein Kamal

Biography

Hussein Kamal is an Egyptian director. He was born in 1934 and studied film directing in Paris until 1965. Upon his return, he started a prolific career as a film director, making famous acclaimed art house films, including “Al Mostahil” (The Impossible), “Al Bostagy” (The Postman), and “Tharthara Fawq Alnil” (Blabbering Over the Nile). He died in 2003 at the age of 69.

Directed

1. We Are the Bus People (1979) — Director
2. Adrift on the Nile (1971) — Director
3. The Postman (1968) — Director
4. Empire M (1972) — Director
5. Bit of Fear (1969) — Director
6. Raya and Sakina (1982) — Director
7. My Father Is on the Tree (1969) — Director
8. Sayed the Servant Boy (1985) — Director
9. The Impossible (1965) — Director
10. For Your Eyes (1987) — Director
11. A Nose And Three Eyes (1972) — Director
12. Rooster Among Hens (1992) — Director
13. My Love... Always (1980) — Director
14. The Virgin & the White Hair (1983) — Director
15. We Don't Sow the Thorns (1970) — Director
16. The Stoners (1991) — Director
17. Qaffas al-Harim (1986) — Director
18. On Cellophane Paper (1975) — Director
19. Life is a Carnival (1975) — Director
20. My Blood, My Tears and My Smile (1973) — Director
21. All That Love (1988) — Director
22. Noor El-E'youn (1991) — Director
23. Away from Land (1976) — Director
24. Love in the Rain (1975) — Director
25. Permitted Days (1985) — Director
26. Borgwan Lane (1989) — Director
27. Nothing Matters (1975) — Director
28. Let's Dance (1994) — Director
29. The Name Caller (1975) — Director
30. Please Give Me This Medicine (1984) — Director
31. The Beautiful And The Monsters (1996) — Director
32. Oh My Country...Ah (1986) — Director

Also appeared in

1. City Lights (1972)
2. Love in the Rain (1975)