Samir Farid

Samir Farid (Arabic: سمير فريد) (December 1, 1943 – April 4, 2017) was an Egyptian writer, movie critic, journalist and movie historian. He was born i…

Samir Farid
Samir Farid

Samir Farid (Arabic: سمير فريد) (December 1, 1943 – April 4, 2017) was an Egyptian writer, movie critic, journalist and movie historian. He was born in Cairo, Egypt. He authored and translated over 60 books since 1966 on Egyptian, Arab and World cinema. He was the consultant for Cinema affairs in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (2001-2016).

He was a member of jury in International film festivals since 1972. (Among them Oberhausen Film Festival 1978, DOC Leipzig Film festival 1984, Annecy International Animated Film Festival 1998, Torino Film Festival 2001, Controcorrente (Upstream section) of Venice Film Festival 2003,[1] Thessaloniki Film Festival 2003 and Taormina Film Festival 2010.)

He also was the Head of The Cairo International Film Festival 2014.

Farid died on April 4, 2017 in Cairo from a long-illness at the age of 73.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Jennings, Sheri (2003-08-14). "Hep hit Venice highlight". Variety. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  2. ↑ "Renowned Egyptian film critic, writer and film historian Samir Farid dies". Archived from the original on 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2017-04-04.


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