FrameThrower · Actors · Farid Shawqy
Farid Shawqy
2 films · 118 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1958–1979
Born 30 July 1920 · Cairo, Egypt · died 27 July 1998
Farid Muhammad Shawqi Abdo was born in Sheikha al-Bagghala in Sayyida Zainab district .. He obtained a diploma of the Institute of Applied Engineering and a diploma in the Institute of Acting and worked in small roles with the artist (Anwar Wagdy), then he began writing cinematic stories for his films and achieved stardom and became known as the King of the Tarso, the monster of the screen, the King .
He wrote many film stories, and worked on stage in many of Rihani's plays, such as (Al-Daloua, The Story of Every Day), and he worked in Lebanese, Syrian and Turkish films, including (The Devil of the Bosphorus, Othman Al-Jabbar).…
How their films are shot
Measured across 118 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Farid takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 51% of their frames are day — the look of the work Farid takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
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