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Henry Antoun Barakat (Arabic: هنري أنطون بركات, 11 June 1914, Cairo – 27 May 1997, Cairo) was a well known Egyptian film director.
Biography
He was born in Shubra to a Melkite Greek Catholic father of Syro-Lebanese descent, and a Syro-Lebanese mother. His father, Dr. Antoun Barakat, was a physician and received the title of Beik by the King for the services he rendered.
He directed some of the most famous films in the Egyptian Cinema. Barakat had career spanning for 50 years. He worked in different eras of the Egyptian film industry.
Filmography
Awards and honors
2 wins & 3 nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
1959 Nominated Golden Berlin Bear Hassan wa Nayima (1959)
1960 Nominated Golden Berlin Bear Doa al karawan (1959)
Cannes Film Festival
1965 Nominated Golden Palm El Haram, (1965)
Jakarta Film Festival
1964 Won Best Film Bab el maftuh, El (1964)
Valencia Festival of Mediterranean Cinema
1984 Won Special Mention Leilet al quabd al Fatma (1984)
Egypt State Incentive Prize in Arts and Letters of the Supreme Council of Culture, 1995.
See also
Lists of Egyptians
In the Press
The best of Egyptian cinema , the 15 best Egyptian films of all time Archived 23 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
References
Armes, Roy. Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press, 11 July 2008. ISBN 0253000424, 9780253000422.
Notes
External links
Henry Barakat at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Maw`ed Gharam
- Lahn al-Kholood
- Dayman Ma`ak
- Irham Dmoo`i
- Al Haram
- Doaa al-Karawan
- Shukry Sarhan
- Daftar tokoh Mesir
- Abdullah II dari Yordania
- Wings (perusahaan)
- Henry Barakat
- Barakat (surname)
- Abdel Halim Hafez
- The Open Door (1963 film)
- Leila Mourad
- Cinema of Egypt
- Salah Zulfikar
- The Nightingale's Prayer
- Open Door
- There is a Man in our House
