YOUSRY NASRALLAH
SHORT BIO
Nationality: Egyptian, Born 1952 in Cairo.

After studying economics and political science,Yousry Nasrallah went to live in Lebanon where he became a journalist. He began his career in film in 1980 as an assistant to Volker Schlöndorff on Die Fälschung and to Youssef Chahine on Al-Dhakira and Adieu Bonaparte which he also co-wrote. In 1987, he directed his first film, Summer Thefts, produced by Youssef Chahine and considered to be one of the films that most contributed to the revival of Egyptian cinema. He carried on his collaboration with Chahine as co-director for Alexandria Again and Forever (1990) and Cairo as Seen by Chahine (1991). In 1994, Nasrallah directed Mercedes and, in 1995, the documentary On Boys, Girls and the Veil. In 1999, his film El Medina was awarded the Special Jury Prize in Locarno Film Festival. In 2004, his film, The Door to the Sun (Bab El Chams), taken from Elias Khoury's novel, was presented in the Cannes Official Selection (out of competition).

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FILMS
2004 - The Door to the Sun
1998 - La ville/ El Medina
1995 - A propos des garcons, des filles et du voile/ On Boys, Girls and the Veil (Documentary)
1994 - Le figurant
1994 - Une journée avec Youssef Chahine
1992 - Mercedes
1988 - Sarikat Sayfeya/ Summerthefts