Youssef Chahine

Directing·Jan 25, 1926·Alexandria, Egypt

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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).

Film	Credit
Let's Talk2019 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Into Studio Masr2019 · Self	Self
Chahine…Why?2009 · Self	Self
Chaos, This Is?2007 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
To Each His Own Cinema2007 · Director	Director
Ouija2006 · Actor	Actor
Alexandria... New York2004 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
September 112002 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Women Who Loved Cinema2002 · Self	Self
Silence... We're Rolling2001 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Kiarostami in Close up2000 · as Self	as Self
The Other1999 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Concerto in Darb Saada1998 · Actor	Actor
Kolha Khatwa1998 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Destiny1997 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Lumière & Company1995 · Director	Director
The Emigrant1994 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Chahine & Co1992 · Actor	Actor
Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine1991 · Self, Director	Self, Director
Alexandria Again and Forever1989 · Yehia Eskendarany / Marc Antoine / Sostratus / Hephaestion, Director, Writer	Yehia Eskendarany / Marc Antoine / Sostratus / Hephaestion, Director, Writer
Trio1987 · Self	Self
Arab Camera1987 · Self	Self
The Sixth Day1986 · Rafah, Director, Writer	Rafah, Director, Writer
Adieu Bonaparte1985 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
An Egyptian Story1982 · Old Yehia, Director, Writer, Producer	Old Yehia, Director, Writer, Producer
CCinématon XIV1981 · N°133	N°133
Alexandria… Why?1979 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Shafiqa and Metwally1978 · Producer	Producer
The Water-Carrier Is Dead1977 · Producer	Producer
Return of the Prodigal Son1976 · Producer, Director, Writer	Producer, Director, Writer
Entelak1973 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Sparrow1972 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The People and the Nile1972 · Director	Director
Salwa, the Little Girl Who Talks to Cows1972 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Choice1971 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Sands of Gold1971 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Land1970 · Director	Director
The Nile and the Life1968 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Feast of Mairun1967 · Director	Director
The Ring Seller1965 · Director	Director
Dawn of a New Day1964 · Hamada, Director	Hamada, Director
Saladin1963 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
A Man in My Life1961 · Director	Director
Lovers' Call1960 · Director	Director
In Your Hands1960 · Director	Director
Forever Yours1959 · Director	Director
Ismail Yassine in the Air Force1959 · Actor	Actor
Jamila, the Algerian1958 · Director	Director