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Daoud Abdel Sayed (b. 1946)

Alias:
داوود عبدالسيد

Birthplace:
Cairo, Egypt

Born:
November 23, 1946

Biography from TheMovieDB

He is an Egyptian director and scriptwriter. He received a bachelor's degree in film directing from the Higher Institute of Cinema in 1967. His ambition in childhood was not to be a film director but he wanted to be a journalist. He started working as an assistant director in some films, Who lost his shadow) to Kamal Sheikh, and (illusions of love) to Mamdouh Shukri. To make social films after his passion for monitoring the city and its people. He presented many of the most important documentary films (The Wise Will of a Wise Man in Village Affairs and Education 1976), (Work in the Field 1979), and (on People, Prophets and Artists 1980). On film, he directed "The Thongs", "The Land of Fear" and "Letters of the Sea".

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Film Production

Assistant Director:
1968  The Man Who Lost His Shadow
1970  The Land
1970  أوهام الحب

Director:
1968  The Man Who Lost His Shadow
1970  The Land
1970  أوهام الحب
1976  The Advice of a Wise Man in Matters of the Village and Education
1985  The Vagabonds
1991  Kit Kat
1991  The Search for Sayed Marzouk
1993  Land of Dreams
1995  The Joy thief
2000  Land of Fear
2001  A Citizen, a Detective and a Thief
2010  Messages from the Sea
2015  Out of the Ordinary

Script Editor:
1968  The Man Who Lost His Shadow
1970  The Land
1970  أوهام الحب
1976  The Advice of a Wise Man in Matters of the Village and Education
1985  The Vagabonds
1991  Kit Kat
1991  The Search for Sayed Marzouk
1993  Land of Dreams
1995  The Joy thief
2000  Land of Fear
2001  A Citizen, a Detective and a Thief
2010  Messages from the Sea
2015  Out of the Ordinary

Supervising Art Director:
1968  The Man Who Lost His Shadow
1970  The Land
1970  أوهام الحب
1976  The Advice of a Wise Man in Matters of the Village and Education
1985  The Vagabonds
1991  Kit Kat
1991  The Search for Sayed Marzouk
1993  Land of Dreams
1995  The Joy thief
2000  Land of Fear
2001  A Citizen, a Detective and a Thief
2010  Messages from the Sea
2015  Out of the Ordinary
????  Local version

Writer:
1968  The Man Who Lost His Shadow
1970  The Land
1970  أوهام الحب
1976  The Advice of a Wise Man in Matters of the Village and Education
1985  The Vagabonds
1991  Kit Kat
1991  The Search for Sayed Marzouk
1993  Land of Dreams
1995  The Joy thief
2000  Land of Fear
2001  A Citizen, a Detective and a Thief
2010  Messages from the Sea
2015  Out of the Ordinary
????  Local version

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