Youssef Chahine
Directing
Born: January 25, 1926 · Alexandria, Egypt
Died: July 27, 2008 (aged 82)
Highest Rated
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 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).
Known for
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Cairo Station
1958
September 11
2002
Lumière & Company
1995
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
Destiny
1997
The Blazing Sun
1954
The Land
1970
Return of the Prodigal Son
1976
Saladin
1963
Alexandria… Why?
1979
Chaos, This Is?
2007
Photos (4)
Movies (11)
Cairo Station
Qinawi
Alexandria… Why?
1979
An Egyptian Story
Old Yehia
Alexandria Again and Forever
Yehia Eskendarany / Marc Antoine / Sostratus / Hephaestion
Ismail Yassine in the Air Force
1959
Ouija
2006
Dawn of a New Day
Hamada
Women Without Men
1953
The Sixth Day
Rafah
Concerto in Darb Saada
1998
Chahine & Co
1992
Self / Appearances (11)
Spécial cinéma
Self · 1 eps
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self · 2 eps
Matin Bonheur
Self · 1 eps
Arab Camera
Self
Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine
Self
Kiarostami in Close up
as Self
Women Who Loved Cinema
Self
Into Studio Masr
Self
Chahine…Why?
Self
Trio
Self
Let's Talk
Self (archive footage)
Upcoming (2)
Directing (46)
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine
Director
In Your Hands
Director
Saladin
Director
Lumière & Company
Director
September 11
Director
The Blazing Sun
Director
Cairo Station
Director
Alexandria… Why?
Director
An Egyptian Story
Director
Adieu Bonaparte
Director
Destiny
Director
The Land
Director
Jamila, the Algerian
Director
Struggle in the Harbor
Director
The Emigrant
Director
Alexandria Again and Forever
Director
Chaos, This Is?
Director
The Ring Seller
Director
Forever Yours
Director
The Other
Director
Return of the Prodigal Son
Director
The Devil of the Desert
Director
My One And Only Love
Director
Lady of The Train
Director
Dawn of a New Day
Director
Farewell, Love
Director
Women Without Men
Director
The Sparrow
Director
The People and the Nile
Director
Kolha Khatwa
Director
Alexandria... New York
Director
Baba Amin
Director
Silence... We're Rolling
Director
Son of the Nile
Director
The Sixth Day
Director
The Choice
Director
The Great Clown
Director
Lovers' Call
Director
Sands of Gold
Director
A Man in My Life
Director
The Nile and the Life
Director
The Feast of Mairun
Director
Salwa, the Little Girl Who Talks to Cows
Director
School life
Director
Entelak
Director
Writing (29)
Saladin
Screenplay
September 11
Writer
Alexandria… Why?
Writer
An Egyptian Story
Writer
Adieu Bonaparte
Writer
Destiny
Writer
Struggle in the Harbor
Story
Struggle in the Harbor
Screenplay
The Emigrant
Writer
Alexandria Again and Forever
Writer
The Other
Writer
Return of the Prodigal Son
Writer
The Devil of the Desert
Screenplay
Lady of The Train
Screenplay
Women Without Men
Writer
The Sparrow
Writer
Kolha Khatwa
Writer
Alexandria... New York
Writer
Baba Amin
Writer
Silence... We're Rolling
Writer
Son of the Nile
Writer
The Sixth Day
Writer
The Choice
Writer
The Great Clown
Writer
Sands of Gold
Writer
The Nile and the Life
Writer
Salwa, the Little Girl Who Talks to Cows
Writer
School life
Writer
Entelak
Writer
Producing (10)
Alexandria… Why?
Producer
An Egyptian Story
Producer
The Emigrant
Producer
The Water-Carrier Is Dead
Producer
Chaos, This Is?
Producer
The Other
Producer
Return of the Prodigal Son
Producer
Shafiqa and Metwally
Producer
The Sparrow
Producer
Silence... We're Rolling
Producer