Youssef Chahine
Directing
1926-01-25 · Alexandria, Egypt
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 Bear in Berlin for Alexandria... Why? (1979), the first installment in what proved to be an autobiographic trilogy, completed with Hadduta Masriya (1982)(An Egyptian Story (1982)) and Alexandria: Again and Forever (1989). In 1992, Jacques Lassalle proposed him to stage a piece of his choice for Comédie Française: Chahine chose to adapt Albert Camus' "Caligula," which proved hugely successful. The same year he started writing The Emigrant (1994), a story inspired by the Biblical character of Joseph, son of Jacob. This had long been a dream project, and he finally got to shoot it in 1994. In 1997, 46 years and 5 invitations later, he was again selected Hors Competition in Cannes with Destiny (1997).
Filmography
Let's Talk
2019 · Movie
Into Studio Masr
2019 · Movie
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011 · Series
Chahine…Why?
2009 · Movie
Chaos, This Is?
2007 · Movie
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · Movie
Ouija
2006 · Movie
Alexandria... New York
2004 · Movie
September 11
2002 · Movie
Women Who Loved Cinema
2002 · Movie
Silence... We're Rolling
2001 · Movie
Kiarostami in Close up
2000 · Movie
The Other
1999 · Movie
Concerto in Darb Saada
1998 · Movie
Kolha Khatwa
1998 · Movie
Destiny
1997 · Movie
Lumière & Company
1995 · Movie
The Emigrant
1994 · Movie
Chahine & Co
1992 · Movie
Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine
1991 · Movie
Alexandria Again and Forever
1989 · Movie
Matin Bonheur
1987 · Series
Trio
1987 · Movie
Arab Camera
1987 · Movie
The Sixth Day
1986 · Movie
Adieu Bonaparte
1985 · Movie
An Egyptian Story
1982 · Movie
Cinématon XIV
1981 · Movie
Alexandria… Why?
1979 · Movie
Shafiqa and Metwally
1978 · Movie
The Water-Carrier Is Dead
1977 · Movie
Return of the Prodigal Son
1976 · Movie
Spécial cinéma
1974 · Series
Entelak
1973 · Movie
The Sparrow
1972 · Movie
The People and the Nile
1972 · Movie
Salwa, the Little Girl Who Talks to Cows
1972 · Movie
The Choice
1971 · Movie
Sands of Gold
1971 · Movie
The Land
1970 · Movie
The Nile and the Life
1968 · Movie
The Feast of Mairun
1967 · Movie
The Ring Seller
1965 · Movie
Dawn of a New Day
1964 · Movie
Saladin
1963 · Movie
A Man in My Life
1961 · Movie
Lovers' Call
1960 · Movie
In Your Hands
1960 · Movie
Forever Yours
1959 · Movie
Ismail Yassine in the Air Force
1959 · Movie
Jamila, the Algerian
1958 · Movie
Cairo Station
1958 · Movie
My One And Only Love
1957 · Movie
Farewell, Love
1956 · Movie
Struggle in the Harbor
1956 · Movie
The Devil of the Desert
1954 · Movie
The Blazing Sun
1954 · Movie
Women Without Men
1953 · Movie
Lady of The Train
1952 · Movie
The Great Clown
1952 · Movie
Son of the Nile
1951 · Movie
Baba Amin
1950 · Movie
School life
1944 · Movie
Shaheen... Why?
Series
شاهين ابن النيل
Movie