Biographies: Henry Barakat - Director

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A prolific Egyptian director who is one of the most productive directors with a large number of movie credits. He was born in the Shubra neighborhood of Cairo to a family of Lebanese origin, and obtained a Bachelor of Laws, after which he traveled to Paris to study film directing. He began his career as an assistant director, and was discovered by the artist and producer Asia Dagher, as he directed the movie The Stray in 1942. He worked with big movie stars including Farid Al Atrash, Sabah and Laila Murad. But Faten Hamama is the actress he collaborated with the most (18 films), including the films The Forbidden, The Thin Thread and Mouths and Rabbits. Barakat received a number of nominations and high honors during his prolific career, including a nomination for the Berlin Golden Bear with two films at once Hassan and Naima and The Nightingale's Prayer in 1959, and he won the Best Film Award in 1964 for The Open Door from Jakarta Film Festival.

• 18 August 2021
• Shaimaa Saied