Yousry Nasrallah

Yousry Nasrallah (born 26 July 1952) is an Egyptian film director.

Biography Nasrallah was born to a Coptic Christian family in Cairo. He grew up in Zamalek, in central Cairo.

In The Film Industry Nasrallah's film works have all mostly been funded by French state subsidies, film policies, as well as being produced by Misr International. Misr International is a company of Youssef Chahine, an Egyptian filmmaker who Nasrallah had worked with as an assistant on a movie before Nasrallah had begun making films. The connections made during these times as an assistant after graduation were very beneficial when he was ready to start making his own films. when they did they were shown in non-commercial special screenings Nasrallah's films have a focus on less privileged individuals and their realities as well as class difference. Some of Nasrallah's works tend show highlight marginalized people and showing the realities of these peoples.

Issues of religious representation were difficult to portray for Nasrallah's films as a Christian Egyptian, especially in the early 1990s when Islamism was on the rise. This would lead to instances of censorship such as in Nasrallah's film Mercedes (1993), where in Saudi Arabia all instances of Christianity in the film was cut, removing forty minutes from the film. Nasrallah's films have a style that also leads the audience to make their own opinions on the main characters.

One of Nasrallah's most important works is Scheherazade Tell Me A Story (2009), which as well as being his most successful box office film, is also a completely funded by an Egyptian Production company. The film, like most of his works, is about people telling their own stories, this time about women's lives, experiences and issues. The film was praised its social critique by the Egyptian press as well as applauded by French reviewers. The film's script was adapted by Wahid Hamid from The Yacoubian Building (2002), a novel by Alaa al-Aswany. Selling half a million tickets, this film became Nasrallah's most successful film, and gave Nasrallah further confidence about be able to reach larger and wider audiences.

Films Sariqat Sayfiyya (Summer Thefts) (1985). Mercedes (1993). On Boys, Girls and the Veil (1995). El-Madina (The City) (1999). Bab el Chams (The Gate of Sun) (2003). Genenet al Asmak (The Aquarium) (2008). Ehki ya shahrazade (Scheherazade Tell Me a Story) (2009). After the Battle (2012) Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces (2016)