Youssef Chahine
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 25, 1926
- Died
- July 27, 2008 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Alexandria, Egypt
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
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Filmography
Chaos, This Is?
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To Each His Own Cinema
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Alexandria... New York
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September 11
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Silence... We're Rolling
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The Other
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Kolha Khatwa
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Destiny
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Lumière & Company
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The Emigrant
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Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine
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Alexandria Again and Forever
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The Sixth Day
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Adieu Bonaparte
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An Egyptian Story
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Alexandria… Why?
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Return of the Prodigal Son
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Entelak
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The Sparrow
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The People and the Nile
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Salwa, the Little Girl Who Talks to Cows
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The Choice
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Sands of Gold
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The Land
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The Nile and the Life
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The Feast of Mairun
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The Ring Seller
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Dawn of a New Day
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Saladin
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A Man in My Life
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In Your Hands
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Lovers' Call
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Forever Yours
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Cairo Station
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Jamila, the Algerian
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My One And Only Love
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Struggle in the Harbor
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Farewell, Love
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The Blazing Sun
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The Devil of the Desert
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Women Without Men
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Lady of The Train
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The Great Clown
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Son of the Nile
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Baba Amin
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School life
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