1984Nominee
Best Director
Please Give Me This Medicine
Hussein Kamal
Director · Writer
Egypt
August 17, 1934
Biography
Hussein Kamal is an Egyptian director. He was born in 1934 and studied film directing in Paris until 1965. Upon his return, he started a prolific career as a film director, making famous acclaimed art house films, including “Al Mostahil” (The Impossible), “Al Bostagy” (The Postman), and “Tharthara Fawq Alnil” (Blabbering Over the Nile). He died in 2003 at the age of 69.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1985Winner
Best Director
Sayed the Servant Boy
1972Nominee
Best Director
Empire M
Career Highlights
1989Highlight
Best Director
Borgwan Lane
1972Highlight
Career Highlight
City Lights