Art
Salah Marei
1942 · El Mahla el Kobra, Egypt
25 films
Bio
One of the greatest interior designers in the history of Egyptian cinema, he was born in El-Mahalla El-Kubra in 1942. He began working in the field at the age of twenty-two, in the movie Life is Good in 1964. He had a strong friendship with the director (Shadi Abdel Salam) since he was teaching him at the Film Institute, and he owes him much of what he reached. From their work is The Mummy, which was presented in 1975 and is considered by many to be the most complete and surprising Egyptian film from a visual point of view. From his work: A Song on the Passage and Silence Sons. He passed away in Cairo on Thursday, March 3, 2011.
Filmography
The City
Art Direction
The Awakening
Art Direction
First Time in Love
Production Design
In the Last Days of the City
Art Direction
In Natural Colors
Production Design
I Love Cinema
Art Direction
The Night of Counting the Years
Production Design
Horizons
Art Direction
The Hunger
Costume Design
A Song on the Passage
Mabrouk and Bulbul
Decorator
The Eloquent Peasant
Art Direction