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| ISBN-13: | 9780253351166 |
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| Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
| Publication date: | 07/11/2008 |
| Pages: | 416 |
| Product dimensions: | 7.20(w) x 10.30(h) x 1.10(d) |
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Dictionary of African Filmmakers
By Roy Armes
Indiana University Press
Copyright © 2008 Roy ArmesAll rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-253-35116-6
CHAPTER 1
Part One
African Feature Filmmakers
Abalo, Kilizou Blaise. Togo filmmaker. Trained teacher and filmmaker who taught at Ouagadougou University and the Institut Africain d'Education Cinématographique (INAFEC). Made a feature-length documentary, President Eyadema's 10 Years in Power / 10 ans de pouvoir du Président Eyadema (1976). Feature film: Kawilasi (1992)
Abaza, Mohamed. Egyptian filmmaker. Feature films: Beware of the Women's Gang / Ihtaris 'isâbat al-nisâ' (1986), Wife on Approval / Imra'ah taht al-ikhtibâr (1986), The Musician / al-Mazzîkâtî (1988), A Serious Police Record / Arbâb sawâbiq (1988), Stop / Stop (1989), The Wounded Bird / al-Tâ'ir al-garîh (1990)
Abbazi, Mohamed (b. 1938 in Khémisset). Moroccan filmmaker. Studied film direction at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and cinema studies at Harvard. Worked extensively as assistant on foreign films shot in Morocco. Also worked in Moroccan television and made a number of shorts in the 1960s and 1970s. Feature films: From the Other Side of the River / De l'autre côté du fleuve (1982), The Treasures of the Atlas / Les Trésors de l'Atlas (1997)
Abboud, Taysir. Egyptian filmmaker. Feature films: The Folly of Adolescent Girls / Gounoun al-mourâhiqât (1972), Resolute Nights / Layâlî lan ta'oud (1974), Shore of Violence / Châti al-'ounf (1975), Our Days Are Numbered / Ayyâm al-'oumr ma'doudah (1978), Let Me Avenge Myself / Da'ounî antaqim (1979), The Girls' Father / Abou al-banât (1980), The Thieves / al-Lousous (1981), A Dangerous Liaison / 'Alâqah khatirah (1981), I Shall Return without Tears / Sa a'oud bilâ doumou' (1981), Deviation / Inhirâf (1985), Farewell My Child / Wadâ'an yâ waladî (1986)
Abdel Aziz, Mohamed (b. 1940 in Cairo). Egyptian filmmaker. Elder brother of Omar Abdel Aziz. Graduated from the Cairo Higher Film Institute in 1964 and worked as assistant director to, among others, Salah Abou Seif. Active as a director for 30 years, he made his reputation with a long series of comedies. Feature films: Forbidden Images / Souwar mamnou'ah (one episode) (1972), A Woman from Cairo / Imra'ah min al-Qâhirah (1973), In Summer You Have to Love / Fî-l-sayf lâzim nihibb (1974), A World of Kids / 'Âlam 'iyâl 'iyâl (1976), Heartbeat / Daqqat qalb (1976), Good Children / al-'Iyâl al-tayyibîn (1976), The Weaker Sex / Guins nâ'im (1977), A Million and One Kisses / Alf bousah wa bousah (1977), Some People Get Married Twice / al-Ba'd yadhhab ilâ al-ma'dhoun marratayn (1978), Hello, Captain / Ahlan yâ kabtin (1978), The Purse Is with Me / al-Mihfazah ma'âya (1978), A Murderer Who Has Killed No-One / Qâtil mâ qatalch hadd (1979), Beware of Your Neighbors / Khallî bâlak min Guîrânak (1979), Take Care, Gentlemen / Intabihou ayyouhâ al-sâdah (1980), A Man Who Has Lost His Mind / Ragoul faqada 'aqlahou (1980), The Clumsy Man / Ghâwî machâkil (1980), Lips Which Do Not Know How to Lie / Chifâh lâ ta'rif al-kadhib (1980), Vote for Dr. Soleymane Abdel Basset / Intakhibou al-doktor Soulaymân 'Abd al-Bâsit (1981), Journey of Terror / Rihlat al-rou'b (1981), Hamada and Toutou's Gang / 'Isâbat Hamâdah wa Toutou (1982), The Sparkle in Your Eyes / Barîq 'aynayki (1982), Morsi from Above, Morsi from Below / Moursî fawq Moursî taht (1982), Journey of Suffering and Love / Rihlat al-chaqâ' wa-l-houbb (1982), The Realm of Hallucinations / Mamlakat al-halwasah (1983), Our Daughters Abroad / Banâtounâ fî-l-khârig (1984), The Fox and the Grape / al-Tha'lab wa-l'inab (1984), Your Day Will Come, Bey / Lak youm yâ bîh (1984), But There Is Still Something Left / Wa lâkin chay'an mâ yabqâ (1984), Who, of the Two of Us, Is the Thief? / Mîn fînâ al-Harâmî (1984), Beware of Your Intelligence / Khallî bâlak min 'aqlak (1985), Ten Out of Ten / 'Achrah 'alâ 'achrah (1985), The Judgment at the End of the Audience / al-Houkm âkhir al-galsah (1985), The Alarm Bells / Agrâs al-khatar (1986), Extremely Confidential / Sirrî li-lghâyah (1986), The Password / Kalimat al-sirr (1986), The Secret Session / al-Galsah al-sirriyyah (1986), Do Not Destroy Me Along with Yourself / Lâ toudammirnî ma'ak (1986), The House of the Poisoned Family / Manzil al-'â'ilah al-masmoumah (1986), Cry of Remorse / Sarkat nadam (1988), The Night of Bakiza and Zaghloul's Arrest / Laylat al-qabd 'alâ Bakîzah wa Zaghloul (1988), We Share Your Joys / Nouchâtiroukoum al-afrâh (1988), Matron Samah / al-Mou'allimah Samah (1989), The Bad Boy / al-Fatâ al-chirrîr (1989), Hanafi the Magnificent / Hanafi al-oubbahah (1990), Night of Honey / Laylat 'asal (1990), The Devil Finds a Solution / al-Chaytân youqaddim hallan (1991), Beware of Charbate / Âh ... we âh min Charbât (1992), The Game of Revenge / Lou'bat al-intiqâm (1992), Round Up! / Hallaq hoosh! (1997), Afrotto / Afrotto (2001)
Abdel Aziz, Omar (b. 1952). Egyptian filmmaker. Graduated from the Cairo Higher Film Institute in 1976 and worked as assistant director to, among others, his brother, Mohamed Abdel Aziz, and Salah Abou Seif. Like his brother he has specialized in comedy. Feature films: A Very Special Invitation / Da'wah khâssah guiddan (1982), Sympathy for the Dead Man / Li-lfaqîd al-rahmah (1982), Nothing to Do, It's the Way Things Are / Tiguîbhâ kidah, tiguîlhâ kidah, hiyya kidah (1983), The Lout / al-Qifl (1983), Provided It Is a Son / Yâ rabb walad (1984), The Lucky Guy / al-Mahzouz (1984), Here Is Cairo / Hounâ al-Qâhirah (1985), The Flat Goes to the Wife / al-Chiqqah min haqq al-zawgah (1985), The Man Who Had Sneezed / al-Ragoul al-ladhî 'atas (1985), The Mad Woman / al-Mag'nounah (1985), The Banner / al-Bandîrah (1986), The Trainee Lawyer / Mouhâmî taht al-tamrîn (1986), The Players / al-La'îbah (1987), One July Night / Laylah fî chahr sab'ah (1988), Bric-à-brac / Karâkîb (1989), Mr. Dessouqi on Holiday / Dessouqi afandî fî-lmasyaf (1992), Why Pyramids? / Lîh yâ haram (1993), Summer Love Is Crazy / Fil seif al-hubb gonoon (1995), Talking about Taboos / al-Kalaam fil mamnoo' (2000), Fruit Ice / Graneeta (2001), Heaven Save Us! / Ashtatan Ashtoot (2004), Farhan Mulazem Adam / Farhan Mulazem Adam (2005)
Abdel Aziz, Sameh. Egyptian filmmaker. Feature films: Private Lesson / Dars khusussi (2005), Dreams of a Reckless Young Man / Ahlam al-Fata al ta'ish (2007), A Lion and Four Cats / Asad wa 4 qitat (2007)
Abdel Gawad, Mohamed. Egyptian filmmaker. Feature films: Love Story / Qissat gharâm (with Kamal Selim, 1945), The Gipsies's Town / madînat al-ghagar (1945), Old People's Love / Gharâm al-chouyoukh (1946), The Return of the Magic Cap / 'Awdat tâqiyyat al-ikhfâ (1946), Return to the Departure Point / 'Âdat ilâ qawâ'idihâ (1946), Flowers and Thorns / Azhar wa achwâk (1947), The Vagabond / al-Moutacharridah (1947), The Great Sacrifice / al-Tad'hiyah al-koubrâ (1947), The Escaped Prisoner / Hârb min al-sig'n (1948), The Countryside in Mourning / al-Rîf al-hazîn (1948), Gawaher / Gawâhir (1949), When Life Smiles at You / al-Douniâ limma tidhak (1953), Between Two Hearts / Bayn qalbayn (1953), Victim of Injustice / al-Mazloumah (1950), The Outlaw / al-Khârig 'alâ al-qânoun (1951), The Wretched Man / Qalîl al-bakht (1952), April Fool / Kidbad abril (1954), Women Don't Know How to Lie / al-Sittât mâ ya'rafouch yikdibou (1954), No-One's Worth Anything in the Grave / Mâhaddichwâkhid minhâ hâgah (1955), Happiness Is a Promise / al-Sa'd wa'd (1955), Kiss Me in the Shadows / Qabbilnî fî-lzalîm (1959), Husband on Holiday / Zawg fî agâzar (1964), The Unknown Man / al-Ragoul al-mag'houl (1965)
Abdel Ghani, Rachad. Egyptian filmmaker. Feature film: The Three Tough Guys / al-Guid'ân al-thâlathah (1988)
Abdel Khalek, Ali (b. 1944). Egyptian filmmaker. Graduated from the Cairo Higher Film Institute in 1966 and made a number of noted documentaries. A member of the New Cinema group. Feature films: Song on the Way / Oughniyah 'âla al-mamarr (1972), Home without Tenderness / Bayt bilâ hanân (1976), The Devils / al-Abâlisah (1980), The Suffering of Love / 'Adhâb al-houbb (1980), Traveller without a Road / mousâfir bilâ tarîq (1981), Love Alone Is Not Enough / al-Houbb wahdahou lâ yakfî (1981), And My Heart Ended Down There / Wa dâ'a houbbî hounak (1982), Disgrace / al-'Âr (1982), Gentlemen You Are Corrupt / al-Sâdah al-mourtachoun (1983), Daughters of Satan / Banât Iblîs (1984), The Execution of a Dead Man / I'dâm mayyit (1985), The Drug / al-Kîf (1985), The Fish Kettle / Châdir al-samak (1986), The Debauched / al-Hanâkîch (1986), Furnished Cemeteries to Let / Madâfin mafrouchah li-lîgâr (1986), Mud / al-Wahl (1987), Four on a Difficult Mission / Arba'ah fî mouhimmah rasmiyyah (1987), The Well of Treason / Bi'r al-khiyânah (1987), The Deer Run / Garî al-wouhouch (1987), Help! / Ilhaqounâ (1989), Rape / Ightisâb (1989), The Egg and the Stone / al-Baydah wa-l-hagar (1990), The Route of Terror / Darb al-rahbah (1990), Humour / al-Mizâg (1991), Maid Servant, but ... / Khâdimah wa lâkin (1993), Women's Threshold / 'Atabet el settaat (1995), The Gentleman / el-Gentel (1996), The Empress / Al-imbratoura (1999), Al Kafeer / al-Kafeer (1999), Al Nims / al-Nims (2000), Fine, Fine / Bono, bono (2000), Rendezvous / Rendezvous (2001), An Oath of Divorce / Yameen talaq (2001), Whale Hunting / Said al-heitaan (2002), May God Make It Up to Us / 'Alih al-'awad (2003), The Day of Dignity / Youm El Karama (2004), Zaza / Zaza (2006)
Abdel Muti, Tarek. Egyptian filmmaker. Feature film: Agamista / 'Agamista (2007)
Abdel Salam, Ahmed. Egyptian filmmaker. Feature film: Mister Dollar / Mister Dollar (1993)
Abdel Salam, Chadi (b. 1930 in Alexandria; d. 1986). Egyptian filmmaker. Studied architecture at the Cairo Fine Art School and drama in Oxford. Worked as designer on a number of Egyptian productions of the 1950s and, in the 1960s, collaborated on films with Youssef Chahine (on Saladin) and three foreign directors (J. L. Mankiewicz, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, and Roberto Rossellini). His debut feature, The Mummy, was followed by three short films made in the early 1970s and a series of historical documentaries for children in the 1980s The Mummy is universally regarded as one of the master works of Egyptian cinema. He was subsequently unable to made his long-planned second feature, Akhanaton. Feature film: The Mummy aka The Night of Counting the Years / al-Moumyâ' (1969)
Abdel Sayed, Daoud (b. 1946 in Cairo). Egyptian filmmaker. Graduated from the Cairo Higher Film Institute in 1967, worked as assistant director with Youssef Chahine and Kamal Al-Cheikh, and made a number of shorts in the 1970s. A key director of the 1980s when he turned to feature filmmaking. Feature films: The Hooligans / al-Sa'âlîk (1985), Kit Kat / al-Kît Kât (1991), Looking for Sayyed Marzouq / Al-Bahth 'an Sayyed Marzouk (1991), Land of Dreams / Ard al-ahlâm (1993), The Man Who Stole Joy / Sarek al-farah (1995), Land of Fear / Ard el khouf (2000), A Citizen, a Detective and a Thief / Mowaten wa mukhber wa haraamy (2001)
Abdel Wahab, Fatine (b. 1913 at Damiette; d. 1972). Egyptian filmmaker. Married to the singer Leïla Mourad. Studied at military school but was drawn to the cinema and worked as assistant director in the Misr studios from the beginning of the 1940s. A prolific director in the 1960s and 1970s, he is regarded as Egyptian cinema's finest specialist in comedy. Feature films: Nadia / Nâdiâ (1949), The Husband of the Four / Gouz al-arbba'ah (1950), Tears of Hap piness / Doumou' al-farah (with Ahmed Salem, 1950), The House of Ghosts / Bayt al-achbâh (1951), Fatma the Lawyer / al-Oustâdhah Fatmah (1952), The Slaves of Money / 'Abîd al-mâl (1953), The Law of a Tyrant / Houkm qarâqouch (1953), The Truth / Kalimat al-haqq (1953), Miss Hanafi / al-Ânissah (1954), Hello / Nahârak sa'îd (1955), Ishmael Yassine in the Army / Ismâ'îl fî-l-gaych (1955), I Have Given You My Life / Wahabtouka hayâtî (with Zouheir Bekir, 1956), Ishmael Yassine in the Police / Ismâ'îl Yâsîn fî-l-bolîs (1956), Women in My Life / Nisâ'fî hayâtî (1957), Tachera / Tâhirah (1957), Hamido's Son / Ibn Hamido (1957), Ishmael Yassine in the Navy / Ismâ'îl Yâsîn fî-l-oustoul (1957), Stop Thief / Imsik harâmî (1958), The Seducer of Women / Sâhir al-nisâ' (1958), Ishmael Yassine in the Military Police / Ismâ'îl Yâsîn bolis harbî (1958), The Elder Brother / al-Akhkh al-kabîr (1958), Al-Atba al-Khadraa / al 'A tbah al-khadrâ' (1959), Ishmael Yassine in Flying / Ismâ'îl / Yâsîn fî-l-tayarân (1959), Ishmael Yassine in the Secret Police / Ismâ'îl Yâsîn bolis sirrî (1959), They Will Drive Me Mad / Hayganninounî (1960), Ladies' Hairdresser / Hallâq al-sayyidât (1960), Girls and Summer / Banât wa-l-sayf (one episode) (1960), And Love Returns / Wa 'âda al-houbb (1960), The Magic Lamp / al-Fânous al-sihrî (1960), Rumour of Love / Ichâ'at houbb (1960), The Filtered Light / al-Daw' al-khâfit (1961), Wife No. 13 / al-Zawgah raqam talata'ch (1962), The Three Cavaliers / al-Foursân al-thalâthah (1962), Beware of Hawa / Âh min Hawwâ (1962), Zizi's Family / 'Â'ilat Zizi (1963), The Fiancée from the Nile / 'Arous al-Nîl (1963), His Majesty / Sâhib al-galâlah (1963), The Honorable Family / al-'Â'ilah al-kârimah (1964), Me, Him and Her / Anâ wa houwa wa hiya (1964), Confessions of a Husband / I'tirâfât zawg (1964), The Artistic Director / al-Moudîr al-fannî (1965), Driven from Paradise / Tarîd al-Fardous (1965), Three Thieves / Thalâthat lousous (one episode) (1966), My Wife Is Managing Director / Mirâtî moudîr 'âmm (1966), Adam's Apple / Touffâhat Adam (1966), When We Love / 'Indamâ nouhibb (1967), My Wife's Honor / Karâmat zawgatî (1967), Land of Hypocrites / Ard al-nifâq (1968), My Wife's Ghost / 'Ifrît mirâtî (1968), Eve's Lies / Akâdhîb Hawwâ (1969), Seven Days in Paradise / Sab'ayyâm fî-lgannah (1969), Half-an-Hour of Marriage / Nouss sa'at zawâg (1969), My Life / Hayâti (1970), The Joyous Troupe / Firqat al-marah (1970), Mummy's Suitor / Khatîb mâmâ (1971), A Pleasant Trip / Rihla ladhîdhah (1971), The Lights of the City / Adwâ al-madînah (1972)
Abdel Wahab, Hamada. Egyptian filmmaker. Feature films: The Honest Burglar / al-Liss alcharîf (1953), Ishmael Yassine Meets Raya and Sekina / Ismâ'îl Yâsîn youqâbil Rayyâ Sakînah (1955), Trip on the Moon / Rihlah ilâ al-qamar (1959)
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