Director

Atteyat El-Abnoudy

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Directed movies: 18Directed series: 0All crew credits: 18

TMDB ID: 1432644

IMDb ID: nm0252577

Known for: Directing

Born: October 26, 1939

Died: October 5, 2018

Age: 78

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1971 - 2004

Years active: 34

Wikidata: Q11853328

Also known as

Ateyyat El-Abnoudy • Atteyat Al-Abnoudy • Attiyat Al-Abnudi • Ateyyat El Abnoudy • عطيات الابنودي

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Biography

Egyptian director, writer, producer and actress, born in 1939 in a village in the Nile Delta. She obtained a BA in 1963 from Faculty of Law at Cairo University. In 1972, she graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema. She also obtained a fellowship at the International Film and Television School from Britain in 1976, and became one of the most prominent names in the documentary film industry in Egypt. She also established a production company, Abnoud Film, and in all her films she focused on monitoring the daily social life of the toiling classes in Egypt. Among her works: The Nubia Train (2002), and Seas of Thirst (1981).