Anniversary of the birth of Muhammad Khan…the pioneer of realism in Egyptian cinema
Today is the birthday of the great director Mohamed Khan, one of the most prominent Egyptian cinema directors of the neo-realist generation. Khan was born on October 26, 1942, to a Pakistani father and an Egyptian mother, and obtained Egyptian citizenship by presidential decision on March 19, 2014, after many years of creativity and giving to Egyptian cinema.
Khan grew up to love the seventh art, as he grew up next to an outdoor cinema, whose films he watched from the balcony of his house, and an early relationship developed within him. In cinema.
In 1956, he traveled to London to study architecture, before deciding to change the course of his life after his friendship with a young Swiss man studying cinema. He joined the Film Institute in London, and spent seven years there, which allowed him to get to know the most important European cinematic trends.
He returned to Egypt in 1963 and worked in the reading department. The script was written by Filmmontage under the management of Salah Abu Seif, but he did not stay long, as he moved to Lebanon to work as an assistant director with a group of prominent directors, including Youssef Maalouf, Wadih Fares, and Farouk Ajrama.
After the setback of 1967, he returned to London again, until he finally returned to Egypt in 1977 to begin his journey as a director by presenting his first film, “Sunstroke.” The year 1978, which marked the beginning of a new cinematic movement in Egypt.
During his career, Muhammad Khan presented 21 films, 12 of which he participated in writing, including works that became landmarks in the history of Egyptian cinema: “Bird on the Road”, “Al-Harif”, “He Came Out and Didn’t Return”, “The Wife of an Important Man,” “Dreams of Hind and Camellia,” “Supermarket,” “Sadat’s Days” And “In the Heliopolis Apartment”.
He also participated in the story and script for the film “The Bus Driver”. By Atef Al-Tayeb. He was not content with directing only, but appeared as an actor in several works, including “Malak and Kataba”, “Bebo and Bashir”, and “Asham”.
On the personal level, he married screenwriter Wissam Suleiman, who co-wrote the two films “Banat Awad” with him. Country» And “In the Heliopolis Apartment,” and his creative career continues through his daughter, director Nadine Khan.
Mohamed Khan passed away from our world on July 26, 2016, but his films are still alive in the memory of movie lovers, bearing witness to a director who believed in people and presented reality as it is, without falsification or embellishing.
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