Atef Salem

Egyptian film director (1927–2002)

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Atef Salem عاطف سالم
Born	(1927-07-23)23 July 1927 Sudan
Died	30 July 2002(2002-07-30) (aged 75) Cairo, Egypt
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1954-2001

Atef Salem (Egyptian Arabic: عاطف سالم; 23 July 1927 – 30 July 2002) was an Egyptian film director.^[1] He directed 32 films between 1954 and 2001. Many of his films were scripted by the novelist Naguib Mahfouz.^[2] His 1967 film Khan el khalili was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.^[3]

Selected filmography

Woman's Secret (1960)
Mother of the Bride (1963)
The Mamelukes (1965)
A Wife from Paris (1966)
Khan el khalili (1967)
Where Is My Mind? (1974)
Edge of the Sword (1986)^[4]

References

^ "Obituary: Atef Salem(1927-2002)". ahram.org. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
^ Adel Darwish, 'Obituary: Atef Salem ; Social realist of Egyptian cinema', The Independent, 20 August 2002. Online at HighBeam.
^ "5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
^ Armes, Roy (11 July 2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.