Youssef Chahine
Birthday
1926/01/25
Day of death
2008/07/27 (82 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Alexandria, Egypt
Also know as
يوسف شاهين, Юсеф Шахин, Youssef Chahine
Biography
Youssef Chahine (born in Alexandria, Egypt, 1926) started studying in a friars' school and then turned to Victoria College until High School Certificate. After one year at the University of Alexandria, he moved to the U.S. and spent two years at the Pasadena Play House, taking courses on film and dramatic arts. After coming back to Egypt, cinematographer Alevise Orfanelli helped him into the film business. His film debut was Baba Amin (1950): one year later, with Son of the Nile (1951) he was fi...Read more
Acting
(2000) Kiarostami in Close up
as as Self
(1964) Dawn of a New Day
as Hamada
(1953) Women Without Men
as ---
(1959) Ismail Yassine in the Air Force
as ---
(1958) Cairo Station
as Qinawi
(1991) Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine
as Self
(1989) Alexandria Again and Forever
as Yehia Eskendarany / Marc Antoine / Sostratus / Hephaestion
(2019) Let's Talk
as Self (archive footage)
(1998) Concerto in Darb Saada
as ---
(2019) Into Studio Masr
as Self
(1982) An Egyptian Story
as Old Yehia
(2006) Ouija
as ---
(1987) Trio
as Self
(1986) The Sixth Day
as Rafah
(2002) Women Who Loved Cinema
as Self
(1987) Arab Camera
as Self
(1981) Cinématon XIV
as N°133
(2011) The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Self
(1974) Spécial cinéma
as Self
(1987) Matin Bonheur
as Self