
Known for
Directing
Born
January 25, 1926
Birthplace
Alexandria, Egypt
Died
July 27, 2008 (aged 82)
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 first invited to the Cannes Film festival. In 1970, he was awarded a Golden Tanit at the Carthage Festival. With Le moineau (1973), he directed the first Egypt-Algeria co-production. He won a Silver Bea...
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TBA
2019
as Self (archive footage)
2019
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2011
2009
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2007
Director, Producer
2007
Director
2006
2004
Director, Writer
2002
Writer, Director
2002
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2001
Director, Music, Producer, Writer
2000
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1999
Director, Producer, Writer
1998
1998
Director, Writer
1997
Director, Writer
1995
Director
1994
Director, Writer, Producer
1992
1991
as Self, Director
1989
as Yehia Eskendarany / Marc Antoine / Sostratus / Hephaestion, Director, Writer
1987
1987
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