Niazi Mostafa

Niazi Mostafa (Egyptian Arabic: نيازي مصطفى) was an Egyptian film director. Mostafa was born on 11 November 1911 in the city of Asyut, Egypt to a Sudanese father and Turkish mother. Mostafa would complete his university studies in Germany and joined the German Film Institute, he then returned to Egypt to work as an editor at Studio Misr.

Niazi Mostafa
NationalityEgyptian
CitizenshipEgypt
Notable workThe Most Dangerous Man in the World

Egyptian Cinema

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

In 1936, he directed several promotional documentaries for Banque Misr 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)
  • A Scrap of Bread (1960) - Loqmat Al-Aish
  • 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]

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. "Neyazi Mustafa". IMDb.
  7. Armes, p. 183
  8. Armes, p. 186


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