Activities : Director, Scriptwriter, Adaptation and/or dialogue writer, Author of original work, Actor

Chaos (Le)(2007), from Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef
(2007), from Théo Angelopoulos, Olivier Assayas, Bille August, Jane Campion, Youssef Chahine, Chen Kaige, Michaël Cimino, Ethan Coen, Joël Coen, David Cronenberg, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Manoel de Oliveira, Raymond Depardon, Atom Egoyan, Amos Gitaï, Hsiao Hsien Hou, Aki Kaurismäki, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Abbas Kiarostami, Takeshi Kitano, Andrei Konchalovsky, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, Nanni Moretti, Roman Polanski, Raoul Ruiz, Walter Salles, Elia Suleiman, Tsaï Ming-Liang, Gus Van Sant, Lars Von Trier, Wim Wenders, Wong Kar Wai, Zhang Yimou
There is No Direction(2005), from Sarah Bertrand
Alexandria - New York(2003), from Youssef Chahine
11'09''01(2002), from Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitaï, Shohei Imamura, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Claude Lelouch, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mira Nair, Idrissa Ouédraogo, Sean Penn, Danis Tanovic, Ken Loach
11'09"01 - Youssef Chahine(2002), from Youssef Chahine
Silence... we're Rolling(2001), from Youssef Chahine
The Other(1999), from Youssef Chahine
Destiny(1997), from Youssef Chahine
Lumières sur un massacre : Ce n'est qu'un pas(1997), from Youssef Chahine

Complete filmography

Born on January 26th 1926 in Alexandria, Youssef Chahine had a traditional schooling. Yet his real interest was in theatre. He managed to leave for the USA, to the Pasadena Play House, near Los Angeles, where he spent two years studying cinema and dramatic arts. At the age of 23 he made his first film ''Baba Amine'' in 1949. In 1951, he participated at Cannes for the first time with ''Son of the Nile''. In 1970, he received the Grand Prix (Golden Tanit award) at the Carthage Festival for his oeuvre. In 1972, he made a first time Egyptian/Algerian co- production ''The Sparrow''. In 1979, he obtained a Silver Bear and Jury Grand Prix at Berlin for ''Alexandrie pourquoi'', the first instalment of what was to be an autobiographical trilogy, completed by ''La mémoire'' (1982) and ''Alexandrie encore et toujours''(1990). In 1992, he staged Albert Camus' ''Caligula'' at the Comédie Française, which was a huge success. In the same year he began writing ''The Emigré'' a story inspired by the biblical tale of Joseph, son of Jacob, a project which he'd nurtured since the fifties, and which he com- pleted in 1994. In 1997, 46 years and 5 official selections later, the Fiftieth Anniversary Cannes Festival presented his 33rd feature, ''Le destin''.