Youssef Chahine
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 25, 1926
- Died
- July 27, 2008
- Birthplace
- 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
شاهين ابن النيل TBA
as himself
Let's Talk 2019
as Self (archive footage)
Into Studio Masr 2019
as Self
Chahine…Why? 2009
as Self
Chaos, This Is? 2007
Director, Producer
To Each His Own Cinema 2007
Director
Ouija 2006
Actor
Alexandria... New York 2004
Director, Writer
September 11 2002
Director, Writer
Women Who Loved Cinema 2002
as Self
Silence... We're Rolling 2001
Director, Music, Producer, Writer
Kiarostami in Close up 2000
as as Self
The Other 1999
Director, Producer, Writer
Concerto in Darb Saada 1998
Actor
Kolha Khatwa 1998
Director, Writer
Destiny 1997
Director, Writer
Lumière & Company 1995
Director
The Emigrant 1994
Director, Writer, Producer
Chahine & Co 1992
Actor
Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine 1991
as Self, Director
Alexandria Again and Forever 1989
as Yehia Eskendarany / Marc Antoine / Sostratus / Hephaestion, Writer, Director
Trio 1987
as Self
Arab Camera 1987
as Self
The Sixth Day 1986
as Rafah, Director, Songs, Writer
Adieu Bonaparte 1985
Director, Screenplay, Dialogue
An Egyptian Story 1982
as Old Yehia, Director, Writer, Producer
- Cinématon XIV
Cinématon XIV 1981
as N°133
Alexandria… Why? 1979
Actor, Director, Producer, Writer
Shafiqa and Metwally 1978
Producer
The Water-Carrier Is Dead 1977
Producer
Return of the Prodigal Son 1976
Producer, Director, Writer
Entelak 1973
Director, Writer
The Sparrow 1972
Director, Writer, Producer
The People and the Nile 1972
Director
Salwa, the Little Girl Who Talks to Cows 1972
Writer, Director
The Choice 1971
Director, Writer
Sands of Gold 1971
Writer, Director
The Land 1970
Director
The Nile and the Life 1968
Writer, Director
The Feast of Mairun 1967
Director
The Ring Seller 1965
Director
Dawn of a New Day 1964
as Hamada, Director
Saladin 1963
Director, Screenplay
A Man in My Life 1961
Director
Lovers' Call 1960
Director
In Your Hands 1960
Director
Forever Yours 1959
Director
Ismail Yassine in the Air Force 1959
Actor
Jamila, the Algerian 1958
Director
Cairo Station 1958
as Qinawi, Director
My One And Only Love 1957
Director
Farewell, Love 1956
Director
Struggle in the Harbor 1956
Story, Screenplay, Director
The Devil of the Desert 1954
Screenplay, Director
The Blazing Sun 1954
Director
Women Without Men 1953
Actor, Writer, Director
Lady of The Train 1952
Screenplay, Director
The Great Clown 1952
Writer, Director
Son of the Nile 1951
Director, Writer
Baba Amin 1950
Director, Writer
School life 1944
Director, Writer
Credits from TMDB.