Youssef Chahine
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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Youssef Chahine
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heya Fawda | Director | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ouija | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Alexandrie... New York | Director | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alexandrie ... New York |
Director, Writer |
- | 2004 |
77% |
|
11-09-01: September 11 |
Director, Writer |
$120.0K | 2002 |
100% |
|
Silence, We're Rolling |
Director, Writer |
- | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Other |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1999 |
83% |
|
Destiny |
Director, Writer |
- | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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The Emigrant | Director | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cairo As Seen by Chahine | Director | - | 1991 |
100% |
|
Alexandria, Again and Forever |
Yehia (Character), Director, Writer |
- | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Sixth Day |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
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Adieu, Bonaparte | Director | - | 1985 |
100% |
|
An Egyptian Story |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 1982 |
No Score Yet |
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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 |
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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 |
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Saladin |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ismail Yassine Fil Tayyaran | Guest | - | 1959 |
100% |
|
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 |