
Youssef Maalouf
Directing
Known For

The story of a family torn apart; the son goes to prison instead of his father for drug trafficking. While the other son marries a bad- tempered woman who abuses her mother-in-law forcing her to flee to work as a maid at a hospital.
Dearest Beloved

The events of the film center around three girls who share work and livelihood, and each one of them has a dream that dominates her thinking; Where (Rich) dreams all the time about wealth, while (Ahlam) is trying to achieve her artistic ambitions, while (Hoda) searches for love and stability, and each of the three girls follows different life paths in their continuous attempts to achieve these dreams.
Ahlam Al-Banat

Waheed, the young composer, struggles with his sister, the singer Nadia, to make a living. They find work in one of the nightclubs, but the manager expels them because Nadia refuses to sit with the patrons. They suffer from torment and homelessness. Nadia falls in love with the wealthy Mohi, who agrees to marry her, but his mother opposes. As for Waheed, He also loves a rich girl and agrees with her brother to marry her. Mohi marries Nadia without caring about his mother, and Waheed succeeds in presenting the operetta he dreamed of directing.
The Victory of Youth

Asem is a happy husband and father of two children. He works for the wealthy Fouad and Fouad's daughter Alia falls in love with him. Asem dreams of wealth and love together, so he abandons his wife and children and marries the carefree girl Alia, but he stumbles and does not achieve wealth after losing true love.
Kisma wa Nassib

Hussein's family objects to his relationship with dancer Suhair, but he marries her, and she gives birth to Amal. Hussein goes to his family to tell them that he had a daughter. On the way to share this news, he is hit by a car. Before he dies, he tells his uncle about his wife and asks him to help his newly born daughter Amal. However, the uncle becomes a trustee of Hussein's will and covets it.
Amal

The film revolves around Jamal, who works as a translator and exchanges feelings of love with the girl Dalal, but the dancer Markad stands in the way of their relationship, which Jamal tries to resist in every way, which prompts Markad to frame him for a murder, and he travels to Italy, where he meets the maestro Cavallo, who gives him the opportunity to showcase his talent.
Beauty and charm

Kahlil Gibran remembers his days as a young poet and artist in Lebanon, and of the young woman (Salma) who ignited his passions.
The Broken Wings

Mamdouh travels to Cairo to realize his dreams as a singer. There, he falls in love with a dancer who leaves him in search of a better future.
The Love of My Life

Two journalist friends were working at a news agency trying to find effective reports for publication. One of them told a girl he was in love with her. She tried to trap them for an international gang that was working to smuggle goods out of the country. The two friends discovered what the girl was doing and decided to go after the gang and expose her criminal activities to international and local authorities. The chase began and the girl decided to leave the gang and help her lover. The gang was arrested and the boy married his repentant love.
The Adventures of Ismail Yassine

A psychiatrist hypnotizes his female patients and robs them while they are under. The company where he committed one of his crimes enlists the help of a private detective to find out who is the perpetrator of the robberies.
I Am Antar

The trio of a Wife and her lover plotting a murder for her husband. Their maid gets into Jail instead of them. This maid had a daughter that gets to be raised by her friend. The wife gets into jail shortly after she was arrested for misusing the well of her son. In Jail she meets with her maid and confess to her with her sin that led to this destiny, then she dies. After twenty years she gets out of Jail to see what has the fate introduce to her daughter and the killers daughter that share same lover.
Punishment

(Hassan), the simple contractor, lives a happy life with his wife (Amina) and his daughter (Laila). He succeeds in his work, becomes a wealthy contractor, and meets (Murad) Bey and they start a company. (Nima), (Murad's) playful sister, tries to lure (Hassan) into... She falls into her trap, and succeeds in doing so in order to cover up the suspicious actions of her brother (Murad). Hassan leaves his wife (Amina) and divorces her. His daughter, Laila, and her fiancé, Aziz, try to expose Naama and Murad and reunite the family.
Hanan

Salim is a simple farmer who loves Bedour and wants to marry her. He comes across a letter that he thinks is written to his lover, but it turns out that it's written by Bedour whom Ghawar loves and he returns from overseas with a pearl necklace for her.
The Pearl Necklace

A man divorces his wife and his daughter Salma lives with him. However, he marries a playful young girl who cheats on him with a theater actor called Riyad, who brags about his infidelity to his friend, the playwright Hazem. Salma happens to meet Hazem on the same train, as she was traveling to her father’s estate and he was going to visit his friend Riyad. At the estate, Salma learns about her stepmother's betrayal.
Laylat Al-farah

Latif and Khafif are two friends who work together, but they get fired after making a mistake. Latif wins the lottery at a horse race because of a mistake from a girl, so he searches for her to thank her.
Love Has No Cure

The film's events revolve around (Samir), a hardworking young man who is finishing his university studies, and his lover (Elham) seeks to help him work on the lands owned by her mother, which are managed by her stepfather. At the same time, (Rushdy) competes with Samir for Elham's love, and seeks... Wanting to get him out of his way so he can seize the inheritance, he coordinates with his mistress to implicate the stepfather in a moral scandal and blackmails him into complying with him.
Hayati Inta

A poor man suddenly gets rich when he receives big inheritance.
If I Was Rich

During a trip outside Beirut, a love story develops between two young men: a beautiful girl and her young lover. This story then faces many troubles, but they overcome them and get married.
رحلة حب

A Bedouin girl falls in love with a young man from the city, and one of the tribe members wants to marry her. He shoots her father and plots to have the young man from the city as the killer. The girl decides to take revenge on her lover, who is plotting to cause her The real killer is found after he confesses and marries his girlfriend.
الرهينة

The work revolves around a comedic framework, about the character of (Abu Salim), who goes through many different and funny situations and anecdotes that are considered a mirror of society and what it goes through.