Ali Badrakhan

Ali Badrakhan (born April 25, 1946) is an Egyptian film director and screenwriter, the son of the director Ahmed Badrakhan. He worked as assistant to Fatin Abdel Wahab in Land of Hypocrisy in 1968, and with Youssef Chahine in the films Selection in 1971 and The Sparrow in 1974; his first movie was The Love That Was by Soad Hosny. Badrakhan collaborated with Naguib Mahfouz, Salah Jahin, and Ahmed Zaki.

Early life Badrakhan was born to Ahmed Badrakhan who is of Kurdish descent and Salwa Allam in Cairo circa 1946.

Filmography Year Title Arabic Title Notes 1969 Nadia 1975 Karnak الكرنك Director, Writer 1978 Shafika and Metwali شفيقة ومتولي Director, Writer 1981 People on the Top أهل القمة Director, Writer 1986 The Hunger Al-Go'a, الجوع Director, Writer, Producer 1991 The Sheperd and the Women Al-Ra'i wal Nisaa, الراعى والنساء Director, Producer 2002 Desire Al-Raghba Director