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Filmmaker · Egypt

Shadi Abdel Salam

Died in 1986

Shadi Abdel Salam was born in Alexandria on 15 March 1930. After Victoria College, he studied theatre in London in 1949 and 1950, then graduated from the Cairo School of Fine Arts in 1955. A set and costume designer, he worked notably for Jerzy Kawalerowicz, as a historical adviser. He directed only one feature film, along with a few short documentaries, and devoted about ten years to a project on Akhenaten that was never filmed. He died in Cairo on 8 October 1986.

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