Kamal El Sheikh ( ar, كمال الشيخ; 2 February 1919 – 2 January 2004) was an Egyptian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. He directed 28 films between 1952 and 1987, with eight of them in the

Top 100 Egyptian films Top 100 Egyptian films aliases: CIFF 100 Egyptian films or Greatest 100 Egyptian films in 20th century or Top 100 films in the centenary of Egyptian cinema (Egyptian Arabic: قائمة أفضل مئة فيلم في مئوية السينما الم ...

list.

Selected filmography

* ''

Malak al-Rahma ''The Angel of Mercy'' ( arz, ملاك الرحمة, translit. Malak al-Rahma) is a 1946 Egyptian drama film directed and written by Youssef Wahbi. It stars Wahbi, Faten Hamama, Raqiya Ibrahim, Farid Shawqi, and Nejma Ibrahim. Plot Fo ...

'' (1946 - editor) * ''

Al-Manzel Raqam 13 ''Al-Manzel Raqam 13'' or ''Al-Manzel Raqam Talata`sh'' ( ar, المنزل رقم 13, ''House No. 13'') is a classic 1952 Egyptian mystery/crime film directed by Kamal El Sheikh. It starred Faten Hamama, Mahmoud El Meliguy, and Emad Hamdy and was ...

'' (1952) * '' Hob wa Dumoo`'' (1955) * '' Life or Death'' (1955) * '' Ard al-Salam'' (1957) * ''

Sayyidat al-Qasr ''Sayyidat al-Qasr'' ( ar, سيدة القصر, en, Lady of the Palace) is a 1958 Egyptian romance film starring Faten Hamama and Omar Sharif. The film is directed by the Egyptian film director Kamal El Sheikh and written by Hussein Helmy Almoh ...

'' (1958) * '' Hobbi al-Wahid'' (1960) * '' Lan Aataref'' (1961) * ''

Chased by the Dogs ''Chased by the Dogs'' or ''The Thief and the Dogs'' ( ar, اللص والكلاب, translit. El less wal kilab) is a 1962 Egyptian film directed by Kamal El Sheikh, based on the 1961 novel '' The Thief and the Dogs'' by Naguib Mahfouz. It ...

'' (1962) * '' Last Night'' (1964) *'' Three Thieves'' (Story 3) (1966) *''

The Man who lost his Shadow The Man who lost his Shadow (Egyptian Arabic: الرجل الذي فقد ظله translit: ''El Ragol El-lazi fakad Zilloh'') is a 1968 Egyptian film directed by Kamal El Sheikh. It is based on Fathy Ghanem’s story under the same name. The film ...

'' (1968) *'' Sunset and Sunrise'' (1970) *''

Whom Should We Shoot? ''Whom Should We Shoot?'' ( ar, على مَن نطلق الرَصاص؟, translit.`Alā mann Notlīq Ar-rasās, IPA �ælɑ: mʌn nʊtˤlq ərəsˤʌs is a 1975 Egyptian drama film directed by Kamal El Sheikh. The film was listed in the CIFF To ...

'' (1975) *'' The Peacock'' (1982)

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* 1919 births 2004 deaths Egyptian film directors {{Egypt-film-director-stub