Egypt-Al-Sharqiya September 27: Egyptian editor Hussein Afifi, who is considered one of the most famous and important people who worked in the field of editing in Egyptian cinema, passed away on Wednesday, according to what his son Hamed announced on his Facebook account.
Afifi studied with the famous editor Saeed Al-Sheikh when he was nineteen years old, and they worked together over a period of eleven years in editing many films, including “You Are My Love” by Youssef Shaheen, and “Tamar Henna” by Hussein Fawzi.
After Afifi reached his thirties, he wanted to work alone after he was satisfied with the summary of the sheikh’s experiences in editing, and in fact he began his independent cinematic career, and he excelled in his work so much that directing professors in Egypt sought help from him, and he was one of the most important people who worked in the editing profession in Egyptian cinema in the seventies and eighties.
The deceased participated in 250 films, the most important of which is the film “The Message” in 1976 with the late Syrian director Mustafa Akkad.
Afifi presented important films to the cinema, such as “Sorry, I Refuse to Divorce,” “Whaling,” “The Mood,” “Darb Al-Rahab,” “He Has the Replacement,” and others.
The late editor had one experience as an executive producer, through the movie “Shader Al-Samak” in 1986, by the artists Ahmed Zaki and Nabila Obaid, and directed by Ali Abdel Khaleq. He also worked as a cameraman for one television experience in a Kuwaiti series entitled “The Way of Thorns,” directed by Nizar Sharabi in 1986.
Hussein Afifi provided Egyptian cinema with music for five films: “The Cursed Palace,” “Slaves of the Flesh,” “Bahri’s Girls,” “Struggle in the Mountain,” and “Women and Wolves.”
