Salah Abu Seif
Directing · Director · Screenplay · Writer
Born May 10, 1915 · Egypt
Active 1937–1996
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.
Filmography
Between Heaven and Earth (1959) — Director · WriterCairo 30 (1966) — Director · Scenario WriterThe Beginning and the End (1960) — Director · ScreenplayThe Beginning (1986) — Writer · DirectorAl-Qadisiyya (1981) — Director · WriterThe Hawk (1950) — DirectorShari al-bahlawan (1949) — Director · WriterThe Second Wife (1967) — Director · ScreenplayThe Will (1939) — Editor · Co-DirectorThe Water-Carrier Is Dead (1977) — DirectorSalama Is Fine (1937) — Assistant DirectorLak Yom Ya Zalem (1951) — Director · Producer · WriterA criminal on leave (1958) — DirectorThe Adventures of Antar and Abla (1948) — Director · WriterA Woman's Youth (1956) — Director · ScreenplayThe Girls in Summer (1960) — DirectorThe Barred Road (1958) — DirectorI Am Free (1959) — DirectorThe Beast (1954) — Director · ScreenplaySleepless (1957) — DirectorThe Avenger (1947) — Writer · DirectorRayya and Sekina (1952) — Director · WriterPassion and Revenge (1944) — EditorThe Sun Will Never Set (1961) — Director