Youssef Chahine (Arabic : يوسف شاهين [ˈjuːsɪf ʃæˈhiːn] ; 25 January 1926 – 27 July 2008) was an Egyptian [ 1] film director. He was active in the Egyptian film industry from 1950 until his death.[ 2] He directed twelve films that were listed in the Top 100 Egyptian films list. A winner of the Cannes 50th Anniversary Award (for lifetime achievement).
Youssef Chahine is credited for directing five films starring Salah Zulfikar including significant productions such as Saladin (1963), The Nile and the Life (1968) and Those People of the Nile (1972) and also credited with discovering Omar Sharif , whose first starring role was in Chahine's film The Blazing Sun (1954). A well-regarded director with critics, he was often present at film festivals during the earlier decades of his work. Chahine gained his largest international audiences as one of the co-directors of 11'9"01 September 11 (2002).[ 3]
Filmography
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#
Year
Arabic Title
Translation
Transliteration
Notes
1
1950
بابا أمين
Papa Amin
Bābā Amīn
2
1951
ابن النيل
Son of the Nile
Ibn al-Nīl
3
1952
المهرج الكبير
The Great Clown
Al-Muharrig al-Kabīr
4
1953
سيدة القطار
Lady of the Train
Sayedat al-Qitar
5
نساء بلا رجال
Women without Men
Nisaa bila Regal
6
1954
صراع فى الوادي
Struggle in the Valley
Ṣirāʿ fī al-Wādī
Aka The Blazing Sun
7
شيطان الصحراء
The Desert Devil
Shaitan al Sahraa
8
1956
صراع فى الميناء
Struggle in the Pier
Ṣirāʿ fī al-Mīnāʾ
Aka Dark Waters
9
1957
ودعت حبك
Farewell to Your Love
Wadda'tu Hobbaka
10
إنت حبيبي
You're My Love
Inta Ḥabībī
11
1958
باب الحديد
Cairo Station
Bāb al-Ḥadīd (The Iron Gate)
12
جميلة بوحريد
Jamila, the Algerian
Djamila Bouhired
13
1959
حب إلى الأبد
Forever Yours
Hobb lel Abad
Entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival .[ 5]
14
1960
بين ايديك
In Your Hands
Bein Edeik
15
نداء العشاق
A Lover's Call
Nidaa al Oushaak
16
1961
رجل في حياتي
A Man in My Life
Rajul fe Haiaty
17
1963
الناصر صلاح الدين
Saladin the Victorious
Al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn
Entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival .[ 6]
18
1964
فجر يوم جديد
Dawn of a New Day
Fajr Yawm Jadīd
19
1965
بياع الخواتم
The Ring Salesman
Bīyā al-Khawātim
Aka Auliban, the Seller of Jokes.
Starring Lebanese legend Fairuz .
Based on the musical of 1964.
20
1966
رمال من ذهب
Golden Sands
Rimal min Thahab
21
1967
عيد الميرون
The Feast of Mairun
Eid al Mairun
Short film
22
1968
النيل الحياة
The Nile and the Life
Al Nil wal Hayah
23
1969
الأرض
The Land
Al-Ard
24
1970
الإختيار
The Choice
Al-Ikhtiyār
25
1972
سلوى الفتاة الصغيرة التى تكلم الأبقار
Salwa the Little Girl who Talks to Cows
Salwā al-Fatā al-Saghīra allatī Takallam al-Abqār
26
1972
الناس والنيل
Those People of the Nile
Al-Nas wal Nil
27
1973
العصفور
The Sparrow
Al-ʿUṣfūr
28
انطلاق
Forward We Go
Intilak
Documentary
29
1976
عودة الابن الضال
Return of The Prodigal Son
ʿAwdat al-Ibn al-Ḍāl
30
1978
إسكندرية... ليه؟
Alexandria... Why?
Iskandariyya... līh?
31
1982
حدوتة مصرية
An Egyptian Tale
Hadduta Miṣriyya
32
1985
وداعًا بونابرت
Adieu Bonaparte
Wadān Būnābart
33
1986
اليوم السادس
The Sixth Day
Al-Yawm al-Sadis
34
1989
إسكندرية كمان وكمان
Alexandria Again and Forever
Iskandariyya Kamān wa Kamān
35
1991
القاهرة منورة بأهلها
Cairo as Told by Chahin
Al-Qāhira Munawwara bi-Ahliha
TV documentary
36
1994
المهاجر
The Emigrant
Al-Muhajir
37
1997
المصير
The Destiny
Al-Maṣīr
38
1998
كلها خطوة
It's Only a Step
Kolaha Khatwa
Short film
39
1999
الأخر
The Other
Al-Akhar
40
2001
سكوت ح نصور
Silence, We're Rolling
Sukūt Ḥanṣawwar
41
2002
11, سبتمبر
September, 11th
Aka 11'09"01 Eleven Minutes, Nine Seconds, One Image
42
2004
إسكندرية-نيويورك
Alexandria-New York
Iskandariyya-New York
43
2007
هي فوضى..؟
Is This Chaos..?
Hiya Fawḍā...?
Premiere at the Venice Film Festival
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