Youssef Chahine
Biography
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. and spent two years at the Pasadena Play House, taking courses on film and dramatic arts. After coming back to Egypt, cinematographer Alevise Orfanelli helped him into the film business. His film debut was Baba Amin (1950): one year later, with Son of the Nile (1951) he was fi…
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Filmography
Acting (23)
Movies (19)
Into Studio Masr
2019as Self
Let's Talk
2019as Self (archive footage)
Chahine…Why?
2009as Self
Ouija
2006
Women Who Loved Cinema
2002as Self
Kiarostami in Close up
2000as as Self
Concerto in Darb Saada
1998
Chahine & Co
1992
Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine
1991as Self
Alexandria Again and Forever
1989as Yehia Eskendarany / Marc Antoine / Sostratus / Hephaestion
Trio
1987as Self
Arab Camera
1987as Self
The Sixth Day
1986as Rafah
An Egyptian Story
1982as Old Yehia
Cinématon XIV
1981as N°133
Dawn of a New Day
1964as Hamada
Ismail Yassine in the Air Force
1959
Cairo Station
1958as Qinawi
Women Without Men
1953
Crew (85)
Movies (85)
To Each His Own Cinema
2007Director
Chaos, This Is?
2007Director
Chaos, This Is?
2007Producer
Alexandria... New York
2004Director
Alexandria... New York
2004Writer
September 11
2002Director
September 11
2002Writer
Silence... We're Rolling
2001Director
Silence... We're Rolling
2001Music
Silence... We're Rolling
2001Producer
Silence... We're Rolling
2001Writer
The Other
1999Director
The Other
1999Producer
The Other
1999Writer
Kolha Khatwa
1998Director
Kolha Khatwa
1998Writer
Destiny
1997Director
Destiny
1997Writer
Lumière & Company
1995Director
The Emigrant
1994Director
The Emigrant
1994Producer
The Emigrant
1994Writer
Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine
1991Director
Alexandria Again and Forever
1989Director
Alexandria Again and Forever
1989Writer
The Sixth Day
1986Director
The Sixth Day
1986Songs
The Sixth Day
1986Writer
Adieu Bonaparte
1985Director
Adieu Bonaparte
1985Writer
An Egyptian Story
1982Director
An Egyptian Story
1982Producer
An Egyptian Story
1982Writer
Alexandria… Why?
1979Director
Alexandria… Why?
1979Producer
Alexandria… Why?
1979Writer
Shafiqa and Metwally
1978Producer
The Water-Carrier Is Dead
1977Producer
Return of the Prodigal Son
1976Director
Return of the Prodigal Son
1976Producer
Return of the Prodigal Son
1976Writer
Entelak
1973Director
Entelak
1973Writer
The Sparrow
1972Director
The Sparrow
1972Producer
The Sparrow
1972Writer
Salwa, the Little Girl Who Talks to Cows
1972Director
Salwa, the Little Girl Who Talks to Cows
1972Writer
The People and the Nile
1972Director
The Choice
1971Director
The Choice
1971Writer
Sands of Gold
1971Director
Sands of Gold
1971Writer
The Land
1970Director
The Nile and the Life
1968Director
The Nile and the Life
1968Writer
The Feast of Mairun
1967Director
The Ring Seller
1965Director
Dawn of a New Day
1964Director
Saladin the Victorious
1963Director
Saladin the Victorious
1963Screenplay
A Man in My Life
1961Director
Lovers' Call
1960Director
In Your Hands
1960Director
Forever Yours
1959Director
Cairo Station
1958Director
Jamila, the Algerian
1958Director
My One And Only Love
1957Director
Farewell, Love
1956Director
Struggle in the Harbor
1956Director
Struggle in the Harbor
1956Screenplay
Struggle in the Harbor
1956Story
The Devil of the Desert
1954Director
The Devil of the Desert
1954Screenplay
The Blazing Sun
1954Director
Women Without Men
1953Director
Women Without Men
1953Writer
Lady of The Train
1952Director
Lady of The Train
1952Screenplay
The Great Clown
1952Director
The Great Clown
1952Writer
Son of the Nile
1951Director
Son of the Nile
1951Writer
Baba Amin
1950Director
Baba Amin
1950Writer
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