Atef Salem

{{short description|Egyptian film director (1927–2002)}}

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| name = Atef Salem
عاطف سالم

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|7|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sudan

| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|7|30|1927|7|23|df=yes}}

| death_place = Cairo, Egypt

| occupation = Film director

| yearsactive = 1954-2001

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Atef Salem ({{langx|arz|عاطف سالم}}; 23 July 1927 – 30 July 2002) was an Egyptian film director.{{cite web|url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/598/cu5.htm |title=Obituary: Atef Salem(1927-2002) |accessdate=2011-11-05 |work=ahram.org}} He directed 32 films between 1954 and 2001. Many of his films were scripted by the novelist Naguib Mahfouz.Adel Darwish, 'Obituary: Atef Salem ; Social realist of Egyptian cinema', The Independent, 20 August 2002. [https://archive.today/20130125141535/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1709110.html Online] at HighBeam. His 1967 film Khan el khalili was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |title=5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967) |accessdate=2012-12-16 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194759/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |archivedate=16 January 2013 |df=dmy }}