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).
Kiarostami in Close up
(as Self)
Dawn of a New Day
(Hamada)
Women Without Men
Ismail Yassine in the Air Force
Cairo Station
(قناوي)
Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine
(Self)
Alexandria Again and Forever
(Yehia Eskendarany / Marc Antoine / Sostratus / Hephaestion)
Let's Talk
(Self (archive footage))
Concerto in Darb Saada
Into Studio Masr
(Self)
An Egyptian Story
(Old Yehia)
Ouija
Trio
(Self)
The Sixth Day
(Rafah)
Women Who Loved Cinema
(Self)
Arab Camera
(Self)
Cinématon XIV
(N°133)
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
(Self)
Spécial cinéma
(Self)
Matin Bonheur
(Self)
Return Of The Prodigal Son
(Producer)
Alexandria… Why?
(Director)
Destiny
(Director)
Saladin the Victorious
(Director)
Saladin the Victorious
(Screenplay)
Cairo Station
(Director)
An Egyptian Story
(Director)
Alexandria Again and Forever
(Writer)
The Land
(Director)
Alexandria Again and Forever
(Director)
The Emigrant
(Director)
The Sparrow
(Director)
Shafiqa and Metwally
(Producer)
The Other
(Director)
Silence... We're Rolling
(Director)
Return Of The Prodigal Son
(Director)
Return Of The Prodigal Son
(Writer)
Chaos, This Is?
(Director)
Chaos, This Is?
(Producer)
Adieu Bonaparte
(Director)
Silence... We're Rolling
(Music)
Silence... We're Rolling
(Producer)
The Blazing Sun
(Director)
The Lady on the Train
(Screenplay)
Destiny
(Writer)
Son of the Nile
(Director)
The Other
(Producer)
The Other
(Writer)
Jamila, the Algerian
(Director)
The Choice
(Director)
The Sixth Day
(Director)
Baba Amin
(Director)
Baba Amin
(Writer)
The Devil of the Desert
(Screenplay)
Dark Waters
(Story)
Dark Waters
(Screenplay)
11’09”01—September 11
(Director)
To Each His Own Cinema
(Director)
11’09”01—September 11
(Writer)
Lumière & Company
(Director)
The Ring Seller
(Director)
In Your Hands
(Director)
Dawn of a New Day
(Director)
Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine
(Director)
Silence... We're Rolling
(Writer)
The Sixth Day
(Songs)
Forever Yours
(Director)
Lovers' Call
(Director)
A Man in My Life
(Director)
The Lady on the Train
(Director)
Dark Waters
(Director)
Alexandria... New York
(Director)
People and the Nile
(Director)
Alexandria… Why?
(Producer)
Adieu Bonaparte
(Writer)
Farewell, Love
(Director)
The Sparrow
(Writer)
An Egyptian Story
(Writer)
An Egyptian Story
(Producer)
The Sixth Day
(Writer)
The Sparrow
(Producer)
The Choice
(Writer)
The Emigrant
(Writer)
The Emigrant
(Producer)
Alexandria... New York
(Writer)
Sands of Gold
(Writer)
The Nile and the Life
(Writer)
Women Without Men
(Writer)
The Great Clown
(Writer)
Son of the Nile
(Writer)
The Feast of Mairun
(Writer)
The Feast of Mairun
(Director)
Women Without Men
(Director)
Alexandria… Why?
(Writer)
Sands of Gold
(Director)
The Great Clown
(Director)
The Devil of the Desert
(Director)
You Are My Love
(Director)
The Nile and the Life
(Director)
The Water-Carrier Is Dead
(Producer)