He produced scores of films including such as al-Dhareeh (the shrine), 1976, winner of the Cinema Institute Films’ Award at the Documentary and Short Films Festival, Egypt, 1977; as well as the Kelibia Festival Award, Tunisia, 1978; al-Mahatta (The Station), winner of a major award at Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Germany, 1989; the EU Award at FESPACO Festival, Burkina Faso, 1990; The Silver Sword Award at Damascus festival, 1990; and The Silver Tanit Award, Carthage festival, Tunisia, 1991. Eltayeb has served as head of the Sudanese Film group for several terms and as secretary of the Sudanese Film club. He has written numerous articles on cinema, published in major Sudanese newspapers. He is currently working on a long fiction film, al-Siraj wal-attama (The Lantern and Darkness).