Hussain Haniff

Muhammad Hussain Haniff was born in 1933, in Pakistan according to some sources, and grew up in Singapore, where his father, Muhammad Haniff, known as Chitra, was a painter and art director at the Malay Film Productions studios. He began by painting backdrops and sets for bangsawan theatre, became an editor at Cathay-Keris and moved into directing in 1961. Critics credit him with giving Malay cinema, until then often directed by filmmakers from India, a view from within the country. He died in Singapore on 4 April 1966.

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• CinemaHang JebatHussain Haniff · 1961Cinema