Henry Barakat


Henry Antoun Barakat was a well known Egyptian film director. He was born in Shubra to a Melkite Greek Catholic father of Syro-Lebanese descent and a Coptic Christian mother. His father, Dr. Antoun Barakat, was a physician and received the title of Beik by the King for the services he rendered., He directed some of the most famous films in the Egyptian Cinema.

Filmography

Awards and honors

2 wins & 3 nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
Jakarta Film Festival
Valencia Festival of Mediterranean Cinema
Egypt State Incentive Prize in Arts and Letters of the Supreme Council of Culture, 1995.

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