Tawfik Saleh

Tawfik Saleh was born on 27 October 1926 in Alexandria, the son of a doctor. A schoolmate of Youssef Chahine at Victoria College and a graduate in English literature in 1949, he left the following year to study cinema in Paris, where he assisted several French directors. He made only seven feature films and seven short films in all, between 1955 and 1980. In 1969 he left Egypt to work in Syria, then taught cinema in Iraq from 1973. Back in Egypt in 1984, he received the State Appreciation Prize in 1996 and died on 18 August 2013.

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• CinemaThe DupesالمخدوعونTawfik Saleh · 1972Cinema