Ali Abdel Khaleq

🎬 Ali Abdel Khaleq

📅 Born: June 9, 1944 – Cairo, Egypt

🕯 Died: September 2, 2022 (aged 78) – Maadi, Egypt

⚰ Cause of Death: Cancer

🏛 Education: Higher Institute of Cinema (Directing Department)

🎥 Occupation: Film Director

🗣 Language: Arabic

🎞 Life and Career

📌 He started his career directing documentary films, earning international awards for:

🏆 "Ode to Farewell" – Second Prize at Leipzig Film Festival (Germany)

🏆 "Suez, My City" – First Prize at the Ministry of Culture’s Documentary Film Festival

📽 In 1972, he directed his first feature film, "A Song on the Passage", which won:

🏆 Second Prize – Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

🏆 Award at the Tashkent Film Festival

🤝 He formed a successful duo with screenwriter Mahmoud Abu Zeid in several 1980s films.

📺 In the 2000s, he shifted towards directing television series.

🕯 He passed away in 2022 after battling cancer.

🎥 Notable Films

✅ Al-Aar (1982) (The Shame)

✅ Al-Keif (1985) (The High)

✅ E’dam Mayyet (1985) (Execution of a Dead Man)

✅ Gari Al-Wuhush (1987) (The Beast Race)

✅ Bir Al-Khiyana (1987) (Well of Betrayal)

✅ Al-Bayda Wal Hagar (1990) (The Egg and the Stone)

✅ El-Hakouna (1989) (Save Us)

✅ Al-Najoon Min Al-Nar (1994) (Survivors of the Fire)

✅ Youm Al-Karama (2004) (Day of Dignity)

📺 Television Series

📌 Najmat Al-Jamahir (2003) (The People's Star)

📌 Ashab Al-Maqam Al-Rafi’ (2004) (People of High Status)

📌 Al-Bawaba Al-Thaniya (2009) (The Second Gate)

🔹 He also directed a TV variety show:

🎭 "Dola, Amsheer, and Zaghloul" (1995)

🏆 His artistic legacy remains immortal in Egyptian cinema, with his works still celebrated today.