Youssef Chahine
Egyptian film director (1926-2008) · Egypt · On the map · Directors · Died at 82
Youssef Chahine was an Egyptian film director. He was active in the Egyptian film industry from 1950 until his death in 2008. He directed twelve films included in a list of Top 100 Egyptian films published by the Cairo International Film Festival.
Youssef Chahine is read about 290 times a day, in 36 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 10 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 109 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Chaos, This Is?Film, Director, Producer2002
September 11Film, Director, Writer1999François Chalais PrizeAward
The OtherFilm, 1999Director, Writer1997Honorary Doctor of Paris 8 UniversityAward1994
The EmigrantFilm, Director, Writer1989
Alexandria Again and ForeverFilm, Director, Writer1987
Matin BonheurSeries1985
Adieu BonaparteFilm, Director, Writer1979Silver BearAward
Alexandria… Why?Film, 1979Director, Writer1976
Return of the Prodigal SonFilm, Director, Writer1974
Spécial cinémaSeries1971
The ChoiceFilm, Director, Writer1964
Dawn of a New DayFilm, Director1960
In Your HandsFilm, Director1957
My One And Only LoveFilm, Director1954
The Blazing SunFilm, Director1950
Baba AminFilm, Director, Writer1926Born25 January 1926People around Youssef
Close ties
Faten Hamama Youssef directed Sira` Fi al-Wadi and Ibn el Nil
Salah Zulfikar Youssef directed Adieu Bonaparte (1985)
Yousra Youssef directed An Egyptian Story (1982)
Farid Shawqi Youssef directed Cairo Station (1958)
Humbert Balsan Produced Adieu Bonaparte and The Sixth Day
Mahmoud el-Meliguy Youssef directed The Land and Ibn el Nil
Mahmoud Hemida Youssef directed Destiny and Al-Mohager
Marianne Khoury Produced Adieu Bonaparte and The Sixth Day
Seif El-Deen Abdulrahman Also in Dawn of a New Day and The Choice
Soad Hosny Youssef directed The Choice (1970)
Ezzat El Alaili Also in The Land and The People and the Nile
Ahmad Mazhar Youssef directed Saladin the Victorious (1963)
Omar Sharif Youssef directed Sira` Fi al-Wadi (1954)
Nour El-Sherif Youssef directed Destiny (1999)
Michel Piccoli Youssef directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)- Yehia Chahine Also in Son of the Nile and Lady of The Train
Khaled Youssef Also in The Emigrant, Destiny and The Other
Ahmad Zaki Youssef produced Alexandria... Why? (1979)
Mariam Fakhr Eddine Youssef produced The Sparrow (1972)
Huda Sultan Also in Return of the Prodigal Son (1976)
Khaled El Nabawy Youssef directed Destiny and Al-Mohager
Hamdy Ahmed Youssef directed The Land and The Sixth Day
Ahmed Fouad Selim Also in The Emigrant, The Other and September 11
Gamil Ratib Youssef directed Adieu Bonaparte (1985)
Known for
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Cairo Station 1958
To Each His Own Cinema 2007
September 11 2002
Lumière & Company 1995
Filmography 40
113 credits on file
Television 4
Media & music
Awards
About this person
As a winner of the Cannes 50th Anniversary Award, Chahine was credited with launching the career of actor Omar Sharif. A well-regarded director with critics, he was often present at film festivals during the earlier decades of his work. Chahine gained his largest international audience as one of the co-directors of 11'9"01 September 11 (2002).
