Notable Directors Notable Films Notes Mohammad Karim Zeinab (1930) First Egyptian feature film. Yousef Chahine (also the lead actor) Cairo Station (1958) Marks a significant phase for Egyptian cinematic realism. Chadi Abdelssalam The Mummy (also known as The Night of Counting the Years) (1969) Atef El-Tayeb The Bus Driver (1983) Often mentioned to highlight the start of the New Realist movement.