Atef al Tayeb

Atef El-Tayyeb graduated in 1970 from the Cairo Film Institute, served in the army during the 1973 war and was then assistant director to e.g. Youssef Chahine and Shadi Abdel-Salam. In 1982 he made his directing debut with Bus Driver, according to many still his best film.

Filmography

Films: Bus Driver (1982), The Cell (1983), Love on the Pyramids Plateau (1984), The innocent (1985), Escape (1988), Nagi El-Ali (1991).