Niazi Mostafa

Niazi Mostafa (Egyptian Arabic: نيازي مصطفى‎) was an Egyptian film director.

Egyptian Cinema

Egyptian movie critic Samīr Farīd wrote that Mostafa was one of "[t]he most important directors in the history of Egyptian cinema".[1]

In 1936, he directed several promotional documentaries for Egypt Bank group companies.[2]

Works
  • Salama Is Safe or Everything is Fine (1938) - Salama fi khair
  • Si Omar (1941) - Si ʿOmar[3]
  • The Wife Factory (1941) - Masnaa El-Zawgât[3]
  • Rabha (1943) - Râbha[3]
  • The Valley of Stars (1943) - Wâdî El-Negoum[3]
  • Hababa (1944) - Habâbah[3]
  • Hassan and Hassan (1944) - Hassan we Hassan[3]
  • The Magic Cap (1944) - Tâeyyet El-Ekhfaʾ[4]
  • Mohamed-Ali Street (1944) - Share' Mohamed ʻAlî[4]
  • My Daughter (1944) - Ibnatî[4]
  • Antar and Abla (1945) - ʿAntar we Abla[4]
  • The Human Being (1945) - El-Banî âdam[4]
  • Miss Boussa (1945) - El-Ânisah Boussah[4]
  • Son of the East (1945) - Egyptian-Iraqi co-production - Ibn El-Chark, Le fils de l'Orient[5]
  • A Glass and a Cigarette or Sigarra we Kas (1955)
  • The Most Dangerous Man in the World (1967) - Akhtar ragol fil alam[6]
  • Pleasure and Suffering (1971)[7]
  • Without Pity (1971) - Bela Rahma[7]
  • Searching for a Scandal (1973) - El Bahs Ann fediha
  • A Girl Named Maĥmood (1975)[8]
  • Hereditary Madness (1975) - Magânîn bi-l-wirâthah[8]
  • The Delinquents (1976) - El-Mounharifoun[8]
  • First Year of Love (1976) - Sanah oula houbb - Co-directed by Mostafa, Salah Abou Seif, Atef Salem, Kamal al-Cheikh, and Helmi Rafla[8]
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References
  • Armes, Roy. Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press, July 11, 2008. ISBN 0253000424, 9780253000422.

Notes
  1. Farīd, Samīr. 1978 Dalīl El-sīnimā El-ʻArabīyah (دليل السينما العربية 1978). p. 15. "The most important directors in the History of Egyptian cin^'ia are Mohamed Karem, Niazi Mostafa, Ahmed Badrakhan »Ahmed Kamel Morsy, Fateen Abdel Wahhab, Henry Barakat and Kamal El Sheikh. They presented several films of various" - See search page
  2. El-Telmissany, Abdel Kader. Egyptian Documentary Films in 75 Years (السينما التسجيلية المصرية في ٧٥ عاما) (Volume 6 of Prism book series ( سلسلة كتب بريزم ؛)). وزارة الثقافة، العلاقات الثقافية الخارجية، الإدارة العامة للإعلام الخارجي، مطبوعات بريزم،, 2000 . p. 9. "Niazi Mostafa directed a number of publicity documentaries on the companies of Misr Bank in 1936" (See search page)
  3. Armes, p. 158.
  4. Armes, p. 159.
  5. Armes, Roy. Cinema| Filmmakers of the Middle East: A Dictionary. Indiana University Press, August 23, 2010. ISBN 0253004594, 9780253004598. p. 131.
  6. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0609200/?ref_=tt_ov_dr
  7. Armes, p. 183
  8. Armes, p. 186



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