Tewfik Saleh
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Tewfik Saleh | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 October 1926 |
| Died | 18 August 2013(2013年08月18日) (aged 86) Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Occupation(s) | film director and writer |
| Notable work | Struggle of the Heroes |
Tewfik Saleh (Arabic: توفيق صالح) was an Egyptian film director and writer. His name has also been written as Tawfik Saleh and Tewfiq Salah.[1]
Biography
[edit ]Saleh was born on 27 October 1926, in Alexandria. Although his father was against his interest in movies, he still considered movies to be his major interest. In 1949, he graduated from Victoria College of Alexandria.[2] He died on 18 August 2013 in Cairo.[3]
His first film was Fools' Alley (1955), co-written by Naguib Mahfouz, the Egyptian Nobel laureate in Literature. Saleh's other movies include Struggle of the Heroes (Sirâ’el abtâl) (1962) and The Rebels (el Moutamarridoun) (1968)[4] among others.
Saleh died on 18 August 2013 at the age of 86 in Cairo, Egypt.
Selected filmography
[edit ]- Struggle of the Heroes (1962)
- Sayed al-Bolti (1969)
- The Dupes (1973)
- Al-ayyam al-tawila (1980)
References
[edit ]- ^ Dickinson, Kay (2016). Arab Cinema Travels: Transnational Syria, Palestine, Dubai and Beyond. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 167. ISBN 9781844577873.
- ^ "Tewfik Saleh, AlexCinema". Bibalex.org. 1926年10月27日. Retrieved 2014年02月12日.
- ^ "Tawfiq Saleh (1926 – 2013) - Film - Arts & Culture - Ahram Online". English.ahram.org.eg. 2013年08月29日. Retrieved 2014年02月12日.
- ^ Armes, Roy. Dictionary of African Filmmakers. p. 180.
External links
[edit ]- Tewfik Saleh at IMDb