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Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningYoussef ChahineFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchYoussef Chahine (Arabic: íæÓÝ ÔÇåíä) (born January 25, 1926 in Alexandria, Egypt) is an Egyptian film director. He began his education at a friars school, and then continued his studies at the prestigious Victoria College. After one year at Alexandria University, he moved to the United States to study acting at the Pasadena Playhouse.After returning to Egypt, he turned his attention to directing. Cinematographer Alvise Orfanelli helped Chahine into the film business. His film debut was Baba Amin (1950): one year later, with Nile Boy (1951) he was first invited to the Cannes Film Festival. In 1970 he was awarded a Golden Tanit at the Carthage Film Festival. With The Sparrow (1973), in which he showed his political opinions after the Six Day War with Israel, he directed the first Egypt-Algeria coproduction. He won a Silver Bear in Berlin for Alexandria...Why (1978), the first installment in what would prove to be an autobiographic quartet, completed with An Egyptian Story (1982), Alexandria...Why (1990), and Alexandria...New York (2004). In one of his films The Sixth Day Çáíæã ÇáÓÇÏÓ, an adaptation of a novel written in French by Lebanese writer André Chedid, the famous French singer Dalida was the protagonist in the role of a poor Egyptian woman.In 1992 Jacques Lassalle approached him to stage a piece of his choice for Comédie-Française: Chahine chose to adapt Albert Camus Caligula, which proved hugely successful. The same year he started writing The Emigrant (1994), a story inspired by the Biblical character of Joseph, son of Jacob. This had long been a dream-project and he finally got to shoot it in 1994. This film created a controversy in Egypt between the enlightened wing and the fundamentalists who opposed the depiction of religious characters in films. In 1997, 46 years and 5 invitations later, his work was acknowledged at the Cannes Film Festival with a lifetime achievement award on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the festival. He is also credited with discovering Omar Sharif, whose first starring role was in Chahines film The Blazing Sun (1954). He also provided Nadia Lutfi with a very early role as a murder victim in Bab al-Hadid (Cairo Station).Controversy has followed many of his movies. The Sparrow attacks Egyptian corruption and blamed it for the defeat in the Six Day War. The autobiographical series makes frequent and explicit reference to bisexuality. In Alexandria.. Why, set during World War II, an English soldier and an Egytpian man become lovers. In Alexandria.. Why, the director has several male lovers, both real and imaginary. And Cairo Station, albeit a classic of Egyptian cinima, also shocked viewers both by the sympathy with which a fallen woman is depicted and by the violence with which shes killed.[edit]FilmographyBaba Amin (Papa Amin)- 1950 ÈÇÈÇ ÃãíäEl mohareg el kebyr (The Big Clown) - Çáã
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