Salah Abu Seif

Salah Abu Seif (Arabic: صلاح أبو سيف‎‎, Ṣalāḥ Abū Sayf) (May 10, 1915 – June 23, 1996) was one of the most famous Egyptian film directors, and is considered to be the godfather of Neorealist cinema in Egypt. Many of the 41 films he directed are considered Egyptian classics. His film Bidaya wa nihaya (1960) was the first adaptation a novel by Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz.

Contents

• Salah Abu Seif
• Early life
• Awards
• Frequent collaborators
• Filmography
• In the press
• References

He is sometimes credited as Salah Abu Saif, Salah Abou Seif or Salah Abouseif. In 1977 he was a member of the jury at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival.