Salah Abu Seif was an influential Egyptian filmmaker and screenwriter, born on May 10, 1915. He is remembered for his pioneering work in cinematic realism, and was nominated for several Cannes Film Festival awards for his films Mughamarat Antar wa Abla, Al-Wahsh, and Al-Saqqa Mat. His work has had a lasting impact on the Egyptian film industry.
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💰 Net worth: $11 Million (2024)
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About
Remembered for his work on films such as Mughamarat Antar wa Abla, Al-Wahsh, and Al-Saqqa Mat, this acclaimed movie Director and Screenwriter pioneered Egyptian cinematic realism and was nominated for numerous Cannes Film Festival honors.
Before Fame
He directed his first film, Dayman fi Qalbi, in 1946. His acclaimed movie Lak Yawm Ya Zalem followed five years later.
Trivia
He earned a Berlin Film Festival Award nomination for his 1957 movie Al-Fetewa (English title: The Tough).
Family Life
He was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt.
Associated With
His 1960 movie Bidaya wa nihaya, nominated for the Moscow International Film Festival's grand prize, was an adaptation of a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Naguib Mahfouz.