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Youssef Chahine

Highest Rated: 100% Silence, We're Rolling (2001)

Lowest Rated: 77% 11-09-01: September 11 (2002)

Birthday: Jan 25, 1926

Birthplace: Alexandria, Egypt

The output of this preeminent Egyptian filmmaker is in striking contrast to the light musicals which dominate his national industry. From an early age, Youssef Chahine had been enthralled by performing. His father had hoped to secure Chahine's success by sending him to a Catholic primary school and later boarding school in England. At his family's insistence, he enrolled at Alexandria University as an engineering major but eventually persuaded his family to allow him to pursue an acting career. In the mid-1940s, Chahine attended the Pasadena Playhouse where he was befriended by Robert Preston and Victor Jory. When he graduated in 1948, he returned to his homeland and apprenticed with the Italian documentarian Gianni Verniccio.

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Highest rated movies

100% 33% Silence, We're Rolling
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100% 88% Cairo Station
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100% 76% An Egyptian Story
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100% 58% Alexandria, Again and Forever
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83% 79% Destiny
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77% 66% 11-09-01: September 11
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27% Alexandrie... New York
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62% The Sparrow
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Shaytan al-Sahra
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Bab el hadeed
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Heya Fawda Director - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ouija Unknown (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 27% Alexandrie... New York Director - 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alexandrie ... New York Director,
Writer
- 2004
77% 66% 11-09-01: September 11 Director,
Writer
$120.0K 2002
100% 33% Silence, We're Rolling Director,
Writer
- 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Other Director,
Screenwriter
- 1999
83% 79% Destiny Director,
Writer
- 1997
No Score Yet 75% The Emigrant Director - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cairo As Seen by Chahine Director - 1991
100% 58% Alexandria, Again and Forever Yehia (Character),
Director,
Writer
- 1990
No Score Yet 100% The Sixth Day Director,
Screenwriter
- 1986
No Score Yet 62% Adieu, Bonaparte Director - 1985
100% 76% An Egyptian Story Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 1982
No Score Yet 94% Alexandria... Why? Director,
Writer,
Producer
- 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Return of the Prodigal Son Director,
Writer,
Producer
- 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet A'awdat Al Ebn Addal Director - 1976
No Score Yet 62% The Sparrow Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Al Ard Director - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Land Director - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dawn Of A New Day Director - 1965
No Score Yet 44% Saladin Director,
Screenwriter
- 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ismail Yassine Fil Tayyaran Guest - 1959
100% 88% Cairo Station Qinawi (Character),
Director
- 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bab el hadeed Unknown (Character),
Director
- 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet My One and Only Love Director - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dark Waters Director - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wada'at Hobbak Director - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Struggle in the Valley Director - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shaytan al-Sahra Director,
Writer
- 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Seraa Fi Elwady Director - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Son of the Nile Director,
Screenwriter
- 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Baba Amin Director - 1950