Atef Salem Explained
Atef Salem عاطف سالم |
Birth Date: | 23 July 1927 |
Birth Place: | Sudan |
Death Place: | Cairo, Egypt |
Occupation: | Film director |
Yearsactive: | 1954-2001 |
Atef Salem (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
Notes and References
- Web site: Obituary: Atef Salem(1927-2002) . 2011-11-05 . ahram.org.
- Adel Darwish, 'Obituary: Atef Salem ; Social realist of Egyptian cinema', The Independent, 20 August 2002. Online at HighBeam.
- Web site: 5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967) . 2012-12-16 . MIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194759/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 . 16 January 2013 . dmy .
- Book: Armes, Roy . Dictionary of African Filmmakers . 2008-07-11 . Indiana University Press . 978-0-253-35116-6 . en.