Directing

Mahmoud Zulfiqar

Born 1914-02-17

Tanta, Egypt

Department: Directing

Biography

Mahmoud Zulfikar (February 18, 1914 – May 22, 1970) was an Egyptian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He was a major figure in Egyptian film industry. He started his career as an architect, before becoming an actor in 1939. Zulfikar was one of the most prominent artists in Egyptian cinema, he was known for his boldness and adventure with the new talents he presented to the Egyptian audience, later, he was nicknamed the "Talent Finder". Zulfikar was able to go beyond the limits of the film location with accurate calculations and through his imaginations, he could make his scripts alive. This earned him in Egypt the nickname of "The Event Maker".

1968

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (98 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
Faceless Men	Director	Movie	1972
Virgo	Director	Movie	1970
Adolescents' Love	Director	Movie	1970
My Husband’s Woman	Director	Movie	1970
Me, my wife and the secretary	Director	Movie	1970
Al-Hob Sanat 70	Director	Movie	1969
Girls' Secrets	Director	Movie	1969
The Showgirl	Director	Movie	1969
Three Women	Director	Movie	1969
The Headmaster Woman	زوج الناظرة	Movie	1968
Rawaat El Hob	Director	Movie	1968
The Tale of Three Girls	Director	Movie	1968
نورا	Director	Movie	1967
Love Vacation	Director	Movie	1967
Al koubla al akhira	Director	Movie	1967
El Khouroug Min El Guana	Director	Movie	1967
المراهقة الصغيرة	Director	Movie	1966
Enemy of Women	Director	Movie	1966
El talata yuhebbunaha	Director	Movie	1965
Dearer Than My Life	Director	Movie	1965
For Men Only	Story	Movie	1964
For Men Only	Director	Movie	1964
Soft Hands	Director	Movie	1963
Thaman Al-Hob	Director	Movie	1963
Thaman Al-Hob	Writer	Movie	1963
Years of love	Director	Movie	1963
The Rebellious	Director	Movie	1963
A Woman in a Spiral	Director	Movie	1962
A Woman in a Spiral	Writer	Movie	1962
No Tears	Director	Movie	1961
الحب كده	Director	Movie	1961
Big Teenager	Director	Movie	1961
Big Teenager	Writer	Movie	1961
لا تذكريني	Director	Movie	1961
لا تذكريني	Screenplay	Movie	1961
Mawa'ed Ma' Almady	Director	Movie	1961
Alribat Almuqadas	Director	Movie	1960
Giant	Director	Movie	1960
The Unknown Woman	Director	Movie	1959
The Unknown Woman	Screenplay	Movie	1959
Forbidden Women	Director	Movie	1959
Repentance	Director	Movie	1958
Repentance	Writer	Movie	1958
Girl of 17	Self / Appearance	Movie	1958
Chabab El Yom	Director	Movie	1958
Chabab El Yom	Writer	Movie	1958
أنا وقلبي	Director	Movie	1957
Lover's Walk	Director	Movie	1957
Lover's Walk	Writer	Movie	1957
هارب من الحب	Self / Appearance	Movie	1956
Birds of Paradise	Kamal Fahmi	Movie	1955
Anklet Ring	Writer	Movie	1955
Anklet Ring	Director	Movie	1955
الأرض الطيبة	Director	Movie	1954
الأرض الطيبة	Screenplay	Movie	1954
Girl next door	Director	Movie	1954
Ghaltet El Omr	Dr. Sami Hassan	Movie	1953
Ghaltet El Omr	Director	Movie	1953
Ghaltet El Omr	Screenplay	Movie	1953
Deadly doubt	Self / Appearance	Movie	1953
Believing in God	Director	Movie	1952
My Father Deceived Me	Self / Appearance	Movie	1951
My Father Deceived Me	Writer	Movie	1951
My Father Deceived Me	Director	Movie	1951
Ethics for Sale	Self / Appearance	Movie	1950
Ethics for Sale	Director	Movie	1950
Ethics for Sale	Producer	Movie	1950
Kisma wa Nassib	Director	Movie	1950
Afrah	Self / Appearance	Movie	1950
Qamar Arba'tashar	Mohsen	Movie	1950
The night is ours	Dr. Wahid	Movie	1949
The night is ours	Director	Movie	1949
Nadia	مدحت	Movie	1949
Fatat min Falastin	Self / Appearance	Movie	1948
Fatat min Falastin	Director	Movie	1948
Above the clouds	Self / Appearance	Movie	1948
Above the clouds	Director	Movie	1948
Hadaya	Self / Appearance	Movie	1947
Hadaya	Director	Movie	1947
Hadaya	Producer	Movie	1947
Hadaya	Writer	Movie	1947
Al-anissa Busa	Mohsen Rushdi	Movie	1945
Hababa	Self / Appearance	Movie	1944
my daughter	حازم	Movie	1944
my daughter	Screenplay	Movie	1944
The invisibility cap	Screenplay	Movie	1944
Valley of stars	عدلي	Movie	1943
Valley of stars	Screenplay	Movie	1943
Valley of stars	Assistant Editor	Movie	1943
abn albalad	Self / Appearance	Movie	1942
abn albalad	Screenplay	Movie	1942
Laylat Al-farah	Self / Appearance	Movie	1942
Laylat Al-farah	Writer	Movie	1942
Wives factory	Self / Appearance	Movie	1941
The workshop	أحمد بك فخري	Movie	1940
The workshop	Writer	Movie	1940
Return to the countryside	Self / Appearance	Movie	1939
The Apple Seller	مراد	Movie	1939