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Ashraf Fahmy

Ashraf Fahmy

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Biography

Ashraf Fahmy (Arabic: أشرف فهمي 25 August 1936 – 25 January 2001 was an Egyptian film director active in the Egyptian film industry since the late 1960s. He was credited with launching the career with his First Feature Film (The Killers – Arabic: القتلة) a daring director frequently seen in film festivals worldwide during decades, in addition he wrote three Films (Until The End of Lifetime – Arabic: (حتى آخر العمر (فيلم) one of the most memorable film and famous for the music composed by Omar Khorshid, and he also produced three other filmsAshraf Fahmy first earned a Bachelor of Arts (History) from the University of Cairo in 1961, then graduated from the High Cinema Institute of Giza (first class) in 1963 to walk in the Cinema of Egypt bath, after that he studied Directing at the University of California from 1964 until 1967. First he worked as a director at the "National Center for Documentary Seetma", he directed the film ( a new life ) and was award for this film at "Dok Leipzigfilm festival", then worked as an assistant to Fatin Abdel Wahab, Abduel Rahman Khamisi and Youssef Chahine, then he directed his first Feature Film (The Killers). Since his first film "The Killer" his films of the 70's, 80's & 90's gave him a reputation as a director of thrillers. he was involved in the Cinema Council Adarhmassh in 1969 and then nominated as Chairman of the board of directors of Studios, Production and High investment in 1977. through his career life he directed over 50 films, wrote and produced many more. he was honored by Egyptian, Middle eastern & International Film Festivals the most notably one was the "new life film" at the Dok Leipzig film festival of Leipzig, East Germany.

Known For

Years of Misery and Love
N/A

Munira falls in love with Sayed who works as a driver for her family. Her family forces her to marry someone else, and Sayed marries his cousin, Amina, who gives him money and he becomes a businessman. He divorces Amina and meets a woman whose family can help him with his projects.

Years of Misery and Love

1998
Behold How Bold Is Sokkar
N/A

The orphan little girl Sokar lives with the gang headed by Atris and Zakia who train children to beg and pickpocket. Atris tells Zakia that Sokar is the daughter of a wealthy man and that her uncle incited Atris to get rid of her to inherit his brother. What will become of the poor girl?

Behold How Bold Is Sokkar

1977
The Land
8.2

Set in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be split equally between them and feudal lord Mahmoud Bey. The peasants send Mohamed Effendi to submit a petition to the government. Mahmoud Bey then proposes a project that would require taking part of the peasants' lands.

The Land

1970
The Dancer & the Drummer
6.5

After having trouble with the dancer who worked with him for several months, the drummer Abdo discovers a young dancer Mabahig who lives with her sister and her brother-in-law. He trains her till she becomes a famous dancer.

The Dancer & the Drummer

1984
The Devil Preaches
7.0

A rivalry between the region's bosses shows the misuse of power and rank and its consequences even against a young couple who dared to rebel against planned but unwanted marriage to one of them, a story of injustice and abuse .

The Devil Preaches

1981
Execution of a Judge
N/A

Ref'at is a judge who is ruling on an important case that witnesses a lot of security interference. Rafiq Al-Henawy has him killed and stages it as a suicide before the ruling. Twenty years later, his daughter returns to take revenge on Rafiq, who has become a businessman.

Execution of a Judge

1990
Night and Jail Bars
8.5

The wife of a prison warden falls in love with one of his prisoners.

Night and Jail Bars

1973
Premeditated
6.0

A husband is shocked that after having a baby, he realizes that he is infertile.

Premeditated

1979
Al Sharida
6.0

Leila is a successful lawyer, she marries a wealthy illiterate contractor, Fathi, as each of them has a different culture. She is called Sawsan, and she informs Laila of their relationship, so she requests a divorce and gets it.

Al Sharida

1980
Five star thieves
N/A

Shukri Abu Al-Fadl is a legal advisor to an investment bank. He plans with his friend Youssef Alawi to plunder the bank's money. Youssef arrives in Egypt and meets the bank director, Jalal Suleiman, and appears as a strong and honorable investor. Youssef takes advantage of his handsomeness and wealth to influence Lubna, Jalal's secretary, who rebels against her poor environment.

Five star thieves

1994
The Beasts
N/A

Sodfa suffers in her life from her husband, Sayed the idiot, her cousin, who lives with her in his mother’s house in Abu Qir. Mahmoud returns to the place after completing his studies and supervises the brick factory owned by Um Sayed, which angers Sodfa, who knows that she was in a relationship with Mahmoud. Mahmoud assures her of his love, so she asks him to marry her after she asks for a divorce from Sayed, who turns out to be listening to their conversation closely, so a fight breaks out between them, and Sodfa encourages him to kill him.

The Beasts

1980
أمواج بلا شاطئ
N/A

A handsome young man called Nader lives a wealthy life with his widowed mother Nazik. When his father's friend Saleh takes over the management of their company, Nader finds out that his mother is in a relationship with Saleh, which drives him into the arms of the prostitute Mimi to take revenge.

أمواج بلا شاطئ

1976
Al-khobz Al-mor
7.5

Aziza lives with her late stepmother Fahima and her husband Atris. Salem is working to save the amount of money to buy a dear land where his hometown Awad aspires. Fahima manages the price of the land and gives it to Salem to accelerate his marriage to Aziz, who is rivaled by students in her love. Students try to kill him and in his attempt to defend himself, Salem kills him. Awwad kills Radwan for revenge between the two families. As his brother Chases students to Salem, Atrees dies and Salem is injured in his arm.

Al-khobz Al-mor

1982
Spies Trap
5.0

Dalia is a girl belonging to one of the wealthiest families in Egypt. When the revolution of July nationalized the family's property and transformed her palace into the headquarters of the Socialist Union in the district, her parents die as a teacher and take care of her younger brother Essam, who studies engineering, but she hates the system of government and the Israeli intelligence has an opportunity to recruit them. She is forced to travel to Athens, exploiting her hatred of the regime and recruiting her as a spy to Israel, to work with great enthusiasm without telling her brother, who remains loyal to his country until he becomes an engineer, but knows nothing about the role of his suspicious sister.

Spies Trap

1992
A Woman Over the Top
N/A

(Nima Abdul Ghaffar) is a married woman who lives a routine life. She meets a wealthy man who makes her divorce her husband to marry her. But when she gets pregnant,he abandons her. She then discovers that he has taken the marriage contract with him and decides to take revenge.

A Woman Over the Top

1997
Sweet Killing
7.0

An estimable lawyer is assigned a case where a wealthy businesswoman is accused of murder. When the lawyer sides with the convicted woman whom she learns is innocent, the actual culprits track her down in an attempt to ruin her life.

Sweet Killing

1998
The Half Meter Incident
N/A

Wafa confesses to her fiancé Ahmed about her previous relationship with a young man who is martyred in the war. Wafa gives in to Ahmed and gets pregnant. He welcomes the fetus and sets a date for marriage, but his friend discourages him, which upsets Wafa for his reluctance to get married.

The Half Meter Incident

1983
Shouq
N/A

Master Adam lives with his spoiled son Mokhtar and his third wife Shauq in Alexandria . His second son Ahmed returns back from abroad and Shauq tries to seduce him but he resists

Shouq

1976
Saad the Orphan
6.0

The story of Saad al-Yateem, whose father was killed by his uncle (Badran), and his righteous lady (Karamat) until he grows up, and even the fate wants to love his cousin without knowing her. The film deals with the age of young men in the twenties, and the bully is to be a murderer or a murderer

Saad the Orphan

1985
Lack of Evidence
N/A

Ibrahim (Salah al-Saadani) abandons his wife Fawzia (Najla Fathi) and leaves the town and settles in Cairo, where he married Hassania (Aida Riad), Fawzia and Ibrahim deny his knowledge of her and claims that the detective is crazy and exploits that she has no proof of her identity. She also comes with a pair of false papers calling for her child. Fawzia collapses and becomes depressed. They enter the mental hospital. Farida (Yusra) sympathizes with her and tries to help her in every way.

Lack of Evidence

1987
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