Youssef Chahine
Directing
23
Acting Credits
46
Directed
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...
Known For
Filmography
Let's Talk
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Into Studio Masr
2019
as Self
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
as Self
Chahine…Why?
2009
as Self
Ouija
2006
Women Who Loved Cinema
2002
as Self
Kiarostami in Close up
2000
as as Self
Concerto in Darb Saada
1998
Chahine & Co
1992
Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine
1991
as Self
Alexandria Again and Forever
1989
as Yehia Eskendarany / Marc Antoine / Sostratus / Hephaestion
Trio
1987
as Self
Arab Camera
1987
as Self
Matin Bonheur
1987
as Self
The Sixth Day
1986
as Rafah
An Egyptian Story
1982
as Old Yehia
Cinématon XIV
1981
as N°133
Alexandria… Why?
1979
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
Dawn of a New Day
1964
as Hamada
Ismail Yassine in the Air Force
1959
Cairo Station
1958
as Qinawi
Women Without Men
1953