As Writer
The Ostrich and the Peacock
2002
6.5
Salah Abu Seif
Directing
Birth date
May 10, 1915
Birth place
Egypt
Death date
June 22, 1996
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.
Featured in
As Director
Citizen Masrey
1991
7.3
As Director, As Writer
The Criminal
1978
6.0
As Director
The Water-Carrier Is Dead
1977
7.9
As Director
The Liar
1975
8.0
As Director, As Writer
The Bathhouse of Malatily
1973
5.7
As Director, As Writer
Dawn of Islam
1971
6.0
As Director
A Bit of Torment
1969
8.0
As Director, As Writer
The Second Wife
1967
7.0
As Director
Cairo 30
1966
7.5
As Director
No Time for Love
1963
6.5
As Director
The Sun Will Never Set
1961
7.5
As Director, As Writer
The Beginning and the End
1960
8.0
As Director
The Girls in Summer
1960
8.0
As Director
Sleepless
1957
6.1
As Director, As Writer
The Thug
1957
8.7
As Director
The Empty Pillow
1957
7.3
As Director
The Leech
1956
7.2
As Director, As Writer
The Beast
1954
7.0
As Director, As Writer
Rayya and Sekina
1952
6.8