About Kamal El Sheikh
Lived 1919 – 2004 (aged 84). Kamal El Sheikh was an Egyptian film director and film editor.
Kamal El Sheikh (; 2 February 1919 – 2 January 2004) was an Egyptian film director. He directed 28 films between 1952 and 1987, with eight of them in the Top 100 Egyptian films list. He was known in the fifties and early sixties as "Hitchcock of Egypt" because of his influence from the cinema of the well-known British director.
Selected filmography Malak al-Rahma (1946 - editor) Fatma (1947 - editor) Al-Manzel Raqam 13 (1952) Life or Death (1954) Hob wa Dumoo` (1955) Ard al-Salam (1957) Sayyidat al-Qasr (1958) Hobbi al-Wahid (1960) Malaak wa Shaytan (1960) Lan Aataref (1961) Chased by the Dogs (1962) Last Night (1964) Three Thieves (Story 3) (1966) The Man who lost his Shadow (1968) Sunset and Sunrise (1970) Whom Should We Shoot? (1975) The Peacock (1982)
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Who was Kamal El Sheikh?
film director (1919-2004)
When was Kamal El Sheikh born?
Kamal El Sheikh was born on 2 February 1919 in Egypt.
When did Kamal El Sheikh die?
Kamal El Sheikh died on 2 January 2004 in Cairo.
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Kamal El Sheikh was a film director and film editor.
What nationality was Kamal El Sheikh?
Kamal El Sheikh was Egyptian.
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