1926-01-25 ( 99 years old ) in Alexandria, Egypt
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).
Movies
Let's Talk
2019-11-21
Into Studio Masr
2019-10-27
Ouija
2006-01-06
Women Who Loved Cinema
2002-06-28
Kiarostami in Close up
2000-01-01
Concerto in Darb Saada
1998-06-14
Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine
1991-09-21
Alexandria Again and Forever
1989-12-04
Trio
1987-04-02
Arab Camera
1987-01-02
The Sixth Day
1986-09-29
An Egyptian Story
1982-09-27
Cinématon XIV
1981-11-08
Dawn of a New Day
1964-02-10
Ismail Yassine in the Air Force
1959-06-14
Cairo Station
1958-07-31
Women Without Men
1953-02-05
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