
Kamal El Sheikh
Biography
Egyptian director, editor and producer, born on February 5, 1919 in the village of (Amrous), Menoufia Governorate. He got his baccalaureate (high school) certificate in 1937, and he joined the College of Law (Law), but he was a general who left it and started in this period his passion for cinema and decided to become an actor so he sent his photo to the famous director (Muhammad Karim) who did not find his face fit to be an actor, so the Sheikh took advantage of his relationship At the time, the Minister of War (Haider Pasha) to mediate with him in order to enter the cinematic milieu, and he introduced him to the poet (Khalil Mutran), who in turn knew him on the director (Ahmed Salem), who was then director of (Studio Egypt), so he joined him as a montier under the direction of the director (Niazi Mustafa). During that period, Kamal Al-Sheikh participated as a monteire in several important films such as: (Laila Bint Al-Fakra) 1945, (My Heart Delilah) 1947, (Ghazal Al-Banat) 1949, (Avocato Madiha) 1950, and (The emergence of Islam) 1951. 1952 witnessed Kamal Al-Sheikh directing his first movie entitled (Home No. 13) starring: (Imad Hamdi, Faten Hamama), which achieved great success when presenting his reliance on a plot characterized by suspense, excitement and a police atmosphere. He also presented the movie (Life or Death) 1954 starring (Emad Hamdi, Madiha Yousry), which was chosen among the list of the best hundred films in Egyptian cinema. Kamal Al-Sheikh is considered one of the first directors who presented literature (Naguib Mahfouz) to the cinema, with his movie (The Thief and the Dogs) in 1962, and he also presented the novel (Miramar) in a movie of the same name in 1969. He also presented literary works in cinematic films to other writers such as: (Ihsan Abdul Quddus, Fathi Ghanem, Saleh Morsi, ... and others). He was rated as a director of thriller and suspense films, such as (Last Night) 1963, (Peacock) 1982, and others. But he also excelled in presenting the political movie, such as: (sunset and sunrise) 1970 (something in my chest) 1971, (On Whom We Shoot) 1975, and (Ascending to the Abyss) 1978, which was considered the best spy film presented in the Egyptian cinema. Kamal Al Sheikh married Montira (Amira Salem), whose brother (Saeed Al Sheikh) shared the editing of most of his films. He also was known in the fifties and early sixties as "Hitchcock Egypt" because of his influence with the well-known British director cinema Alfred Hitchcock and his interest in police films that rely on the plot. Kamal Al-Sheikh died on January 2, 2004 at the age of 85.
Personal Info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-02-05
Place of Birth
Monufia, Egypt
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Cast
Crew
Land of Peace
19570.0 / 10
Bent Al-Akaber
19537.0 / 10
The Vandals
19670.0 / 10
Land of Dreams
19560.0 / 10
Love and Tears
19554.8 / 10
The Thief and the Dogs
19626.9 / 10
Sunset and Sunrise
19707.2 / 10
The Last Night
19637.2 / 10
Sayedat el kasr
19586.2 / 10
Miramar
19697.5 / 10
Whom Should We Shoot?
19756.5 / 10
The Peacock
19827.0 / 10
Something in my Chest
19717.0 / 10
The Little Devil
19650.0 / 10
House No. 13
19526.5 / 10
The Great Clown
19520.0 / 10
Tell No One
19520.0 / 10
The Dawn of Islam
19518.0 / 10
Qattr El-Nada
19516.0 / 10
Lailet El Henna
19510.0 / 10
Shore of Love
19506.0 / 10
Fatmah
19470.0 / 10
My Heart is My Guide
19470.0 / 10
Life or Death
19546.7 / 10
Who's Done it ?
19446.0 / 10
A Plot
19530.0 / 10
Love and the Death Penalty
19566.0 / 10
The Stranger
19560.0 / 10
Traders of Death
19577.0 / 10
Time Conqueror
19870.0 / 10
الملاك الصغير
19570.0 / 10
The Flirtation of Girls
19497.3 / 10
The Man Who Lost His Shadow
19686.5 / 10
First Year of Love
19760.0 / 10
The Fugitive
19740.0 / 10
The Unknown Past
19460.0 / 10
Casino el latafa
19450.0 / 10
For the Sake of a Woman
19590.0 / 10
My Only Love
19600.0 / 10
For My Love
19590.0 / 10
Unfaithful
19658.0 / 10
I Won't Confess
19610.0 / 10
Angel and Devil
19607.0 / 10
Rise to the Abyss
19785.4 / 10
Bi'r al-herman
19696.3 / 10
Qalb Yahtarek
19590.0 / 10
Forever
19410.0 / 10
Les Miserables
19430.0 / 10
Dreams of the Youth
19420.0 / 10
Victims of Love
19440.0 / 10
Hanan
19440.0 / 10
Laylat Al-Jumea
19450.0 / 10
El Mazaher
19450.0 / 10
Return of the absent
19470.0 / 10
Women's guile
19500.0 / 10
Anbar
19480.0 / 10
Divorce of Saad Hanem
19480.0 / 10
Yasmine
19500.0 / 10
Habib el-Rooh
19510.0 / 10
Gold
19538.3 / 10
The Devil Makes Three
19780.0 / 10
Malak alrahma
19466.0 / 10
The invisibility cap
19440.0 / 10
The Mind is on a Vacation
19470.0 / 10
Eid Night
19490.0 / 10
The Innocent
19440.0 / 10