Youssef Chahine
Directing · Producer · Director · Screenplay
Born Jan 25, 1926 · Alexandria, Egypt
Active 1944–2008 · Awards: Silver Bear, François Chalais Prize, honorary doctor of Paris 8 University
Youssef Chahine (born in Alexandria, Egypt, 1926) started studying in a friars' school and then turned to Victoria College until High School Certificate. After one year at the University of Alexandria, he moved to the U.S.
Filmography
Cairo Station (1958) — Qinawi · DirectorTo Each His Own Cinema (2007) — DirectorThe Land (1970) — DirectorSeptember 11 (2002) — Director · WriterLumière & Company (1995) — DirectorSaladin (1963) — Director · ScreenplayThe Blazing Sun (1954) — DirectorDestiny (1997) — Director · WriterChaos, This Is? (2007) — Director · ProducerReturn of the Prodigal Son (1976) — Producer · Director · WriterSands of Gold (1971) — Writer · DirectorAlexandria… Why? (1979) — Director · Producer · WriterThe Choice (1971) — Director · WriterThe Water-Carrier Is Dead (1977) — ProducerSon of the Nile (1951) — Director · WriterConcerto in Darb Saada (1998)The Ring Seller (1965) — DirectorStruggle in the Harbor (1956) — Screenplay · Story · DirectorJamila, the Algerian (1958) — DirectorAn Egyptian Story (1982) — Old Yehia · Director · Writer · ProducerFarewell, Love (1956) — DirectorAlexandria... New York (2004) — Director · WriterDawn of a New Day (1964) — Hamada · DirectorThe Emigrant (1994) — Director · Producer · Writer