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DetailsAKA:
Yussef Shahin,
Youseff Chahine,
Gabriel Youssef Chahine
Nationality:
Egyptian Birthdate:
01/25/1926 Birthplace:
Alexandria, Egypt Death Date:
07/27/2008 biography
The output of this preeminent Egyptian filmmaker is in striking contrast to the light musicals which dominate his national industry. From an early age, Youssef Chahine had been enthralled by performing. His father had hoped to secure Chahine's success by sending him to a Catholic primary school and later boarding school in England. At his family's insistence, he enrolled at Alexandria University as an engineering major but eventually persuaded his family to allow him to pursue an acting career. In the mid-1940s, Chahine attended the Pasadena Playhouse where he was befriended by Robert Preston
CreditsmilestonesYear
Milestone
Moved to the U.S. to study acting at the Pasadena Playhouse
1948
Worked with Egyptian-born Italian documentarist Gianni Vernuccio
1949
Feature directing debut, "Baba Amin/Papa Amin"
1953
Credited with discovering actor Omar Sharif, who made his debut in Chahine's "Struggle in the Valley/The Blazing Sky"
1958
Directed the well received "Bab al-Hadid/Cairo Station"
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