Person
Atteyat El-Abnoudy
Directing · 1939–2018
Biography
Egyptian director, writer, producer and actress, born in 1939 in a village in the Nile Delta. She obtained a BA in 1963 from Faculty of Law at Cairo University. In 1972, she graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema. She also obtained a fellowship at the International Film and Television School from Britain in 1976, and became one of the most prominent names in the documentary film industry in Egypt. She also established a production company, Abnoud Film, and in all her films she focused on monitoring the daily social life of the toiling classes in Egypt. Among her works: The Nubia Train (2002), and Seas of Thirst (1981).
Known for
Diary in Exile
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The Sandwich
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The Sad Song of Touha
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To Move into Depth
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Rhythm of Life
Director
Horse of Mud
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Girls Still Dream
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Egyptian Heroines
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Ethiopia through Egyptian Eyes
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The Nubia Train
Director
Filmography
- 2004Ethiopia through Egyptian EyesDirector
- 2002The Nubia TrainDirector
- 2000Cairo 1000 - Cairo 2000Director
- 1997Egyptian HeroinesDirector
- 1996Days of DemocracyDirector
- 1996Girls Still DreamDirector
- 1995RawyaDirector
- 1995Women in SenegalDirector
- 1994Responsible WomenDirector
- 1993Diary in ExileDirector
- 1992Sellers and BuyersDirector
- 1990Interview in Room No. 8Director
- 1989Rhythm of LifeDirector
- 1982Permissible DreamsDirector
- 1981Seas of ThirstDirector
- 1979To Move into DepthDirector
- 1977The SandwichDirector
- 1972The Sad Song of TouhaDirector
- 1971Horse of MudDirector
- —Two Festivals in GrenobleDirector
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