Salah Abu Seif (Arabic: صلاح أبو سيف‎ ‎ , Ṣalāḥ Abū Sayf ) (May 10, 1915 – June 23, 1996) was one of the most famous Egyptian film directors, and is considered to be the godfather of Neorealist cinema in Egypt. Many of the 41 films he directed are considered Egyptian classics. His film "Bidaya wa nihaya" (1960) was the first adaptation a novel by Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz.