Hasan Elsifi

Hasan El-Saifi (; 1927–2005) was an Egyptian film director, film producer, and screenplay writer. He worked on nearly 150 Egyptian films. He has various name spellings in English due to transliteration, most commonly Hassan el-Saifi, Hassan El-Seify, and Hassan al-Saifi.

Biography Hasan El-Saifi was born on January 13, 1927, in Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt.

El-Saifi started his career in film in 1946, by working as an assistant director under Helmy Rafla, and Anwar Wagdi. By 1952, El-Saifi was able to establish his own film production company. which ended in divorce. He later married Egyptian actress Zahret El-Ola, a second marriage for both of them. Together with Zahret El-Ola they had two children, their daughter Manal El-Saifi is a film director. Injustice Is Forbidden (1954; ), as director, and screenplay writer Samara (1956; ), as director Ismail Yassine in Prison (1961; ), as director The Judge of Love (1962), as director The Comic Society for Killing Wives (1962; ), as director The Black Suitcase (1962; ), as director King of Petroleum (1962; ), as director Fugitive from Marriage (1964; ) (1964) , as director The Two Friends (1970; ), as director, and screenplay writer Forbidden on Wedding Night (1974; ) Hadi Badi (1984; ), as director Love and Fate (1995; ), as director