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Youssef Chahine

Youssef Chahine

Known For Directing
Birthday Jan 25, 1926
Died Jul 27, 2008 (82)
Birthplace Alexandria, Egypt
Popularity 5 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 dr ... amatic 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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The Story of Film: An Odyssey

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Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 03, 2011

Spécial cinéma

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Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1974

Matin Bonheur

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Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 14, 1987

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