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person_profile-Youssef Chahine

Youssef Chahine Died at age: 82

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Youssef Chahine

Date of Birth:

Jan 25, 1926

Country of birth:

Egypt

Died:

Jul 27, 2008

Biography of

Youssef Chahine

    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).

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Youssef Chahine

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Filmography of

Youssef Chahine

Found 16 Movies in total

... 2019

Ouija

Actor

... 2006

... 2002

Kiarostami in Close up

as Self ( Actor )

... 2000

... 1998

Chahine's Story

Himself ( Actor )

... 1995

Alexandria Again and Forever

Yehia Eskendarany / Marc Antoine / Sostratus / Hephaestion ( Actor )

Writer

... 1989

Trio

Self ( Actor )

... 1987

Arab Camera

Self ( Actor )

... 1987

The Sixth Day

Rafah ( Actor )

Writer

... 1986

An Egyptian Story

yehia (old) ( Actor )

Writer

... 1982

... 1979

... 1964

... 1959

Cairo Station

Qinawi ( Actor )

Director

... 1958

... 1953