Hussein Kamal
Egyptian television, film and theatre director (1932-2003) · Egypt · On the map · Directors · Died at 70
Hussein Kamal was an Egyptian television, film and theatre director. He is considered to be an important director of traditional Egyptian cinema. One of his most famous films is Chitchat on the Nile (1971), a critique of the decadence of Egyptian society during the Nasser era.
Hussein Kamal is read about 32 times a day, in 9 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 30 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 75 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
2003Died24 March 20031996
The Beautiful And The MonstersFilm, Director1992
Rooster Among HensFilm, Director1991
Noor El-E'younFilm, Director1988
All That LoveFilm, Director1986
Oh My Country...AhFilm, Director1985
Permitted DaysFilm, Director1983
The Virgin & the White HairFilm, Director1980
My Love... AlwaysFilm, Director1976
Away from LandFilm, Director, Writer1975
Life is a CarnivalFilm, Director1972
A Nose And Three EyesFilm, Director1970
We Don't Sow the ThornsFilm, Director1969
Bit of FearFilm, Director1965
The ImpossibleFilm, Director1932Born17 August 1932
The Beautiful And The MonstersFilm, Director1992Rooster Among HensFilm, Director1991Noor El-E'younFilm, Director1988All That LoveFilm, Director1986Oh My Country...AhFilm, Director1985Permitted DaysFilm, Director1983The Virgin & the White HairFilm, Director1980My Love... AlwaysFilm, Director1976Away from LandFilm, Director, Writer1975Life is a CarnivalFilm, Director1972A Nose And Three EyesFilm, Director1970We Don't Sow the ThornsFilm, Director1969Bit of FearFilm, Director1965The ImpossibleFilm, Director1932Born17 August 1932People around Hussein
Close ties
Shadia Hussein directed Raya Wa Sekina- Ihsan Abdel Quddous Also in My Father Is on the Tree (1969)
Nabila Ebeid Hussein directed Burjuan Alley and Days in Halal
Salah Zulfikar Hussein directed The Return of the Spirit (1977)
Nadia Lotfi Hussein directed The Impossible (1966)
Mahmoud Yassin Also in Bit of Fear and We Don't Sow the Thorns
Mervat Amin Also in My Father Is on the Tree (1969)
Sherihan Also in The Virgin & the White Hair (1983)
Ramses Naguib Produced We Don't Sow the Thorns (1970)
Salah Mansour Also in The Impossible and The Postman
Naguib Mahfouz Also in Adrift on the Nile and Empire M
Faten Hamama Hussein directed Empire M (1972)
Abdelhalim Hafez Hussein directed Abi foq al-Shagara (1969)
Adel Emam Hussein directed We Are the Bus People (1979)
Nour El-Sherif Produced My Love... Always (1980)
Mariam Fakhr Eddine Also in My Love... Always (1980)
Wadad Hamdi Hussein directed The Return of the Spirit (1977)
Youssef El Sebai Also in We Don't Sow the Thorns (1970)
Soher El bably Hussein directed Raya Wa Sekina
Emad Hamdy Also in My Father Is on the Tree (1969)
Hamdy Ahmed Also in A Nose And Three Eyes (1972)- Karima Mokhtar Also in The Impossible (1965)
Noura Qadry Produced My Love... Always (1980)
Magda El-Khatib Also in Adrift on the Nile and My Love... Always
Filmography 33
36 credits on file
About this person
His 1972 film Empire M was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival in 1973.
Country
Egypt
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1932 to 2003 · aged 70
