Director

Hasan El-Saifi

Directing

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Directed credits

113

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Very extensive directing filmography.

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Directed movies: 113Directed series: 0All crew credits: 115

TMDB ID: 2404912

IMDb ID: nm0252751

Known for: Directing

Born: January 13, 1927

Died: March 25, 2005

Age: 78

Place of birth: Cairo, Egypt

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1945 - 2000

Years active: 56

Wikidata: Q20393371

Also known as

حسن الصيفي • حسن الصيفى • Hassan al-Saifi • Хасан аль-Сайфи • Hassan Al Saifi

Frequent jobs

Director (97)Assistant Director (12)Co-Director (4)Scenario Writer (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

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. 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. His first directed film was named, Bear Witness, People (released 20 April 1953 in Egypt). His most notable film he directed was Samara (1956), starring Taheyya Kariokka and Mohsen Sarhan. In the 1970s, he moved to Lebanon (an area later known as Syria) for a few years, where he directed several films. He died on March 25, 2005, in Cairo, after suffering from a heart attack.