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Niazi Mostafa

Born
Nov 11, 1910 · Aged 75
Died
Oct 20, 1986
Place of birth
Egypt
Gender
Male
Movie credits
0
TV credits
0
Directing credits
116
Also known as (2)
  • Neyazi Mustafa
  • Ниязи Мустафа

Biography

An Egyptian director and writer, born in Assiut in 1910 to a Sudanese father and a Turkish mother. He completed his university studies in Germany and joined the German Film Institute there, then returned to Egypt, where he worked as an editor at Studio Misr, then as an assistant director at first with Youssef Wahbi, and before long, he started directing his own films. He presented a large number of films, some of which he co-wrote, and also participated in creating the visual effects for. His films include: Platform No. 5, Abu Hadid, and The Secret of Vanishing Cap. He was murdered in 1986 by…