Tewfik Saleh

Tewfik Saleh (Arabic: توفيق صالح) was an Egyptian film director and writer. His name has also been written as Tawfik Saleh and Tewfiq Salah.[1]

Tewfik Saleh
Born27 October 1926
Alexandria
Died18 August 2013
Cairo
NationalityEgyptian
Occupation(s)film director and writer
Notable workStruggle of the Heroes

Biography

Saleh was born on 27 October 1926, in Alexandria. Although his father was against his interest in movies, he still considered movies to be his major interest. In 1949, he graduated from Victoria College of Alexandria.[2] He died on 18 August 2013 in Cairo.[3]

Career

His first film was Fools' Alley (1955), co-written by Naguib Mahfouz, the Egyptian Nobel laureate in Literature. Saleh's other movies include Struggle of the Heroes (Sirâ’el abtâl) (1962) and The Rebels (el Moutamarridoun) (1968)[4] among others.

Selected filmography

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