Henry Barakat

Henry Antoun Barakat (هنري أنطون بركات, 11 June 1914, Cairo – 27 May 1997, Cairo) was a well known Egyptian film director.

Biography
He was born in Shubra to a Melkite Greek Catholic father of Syro-Lebanese descent, and a Syro-Lebanese mother. His father, Dr. Antoun Barakat, was a physician and received the title of Beik by the King for the services he rendered.



He directed some of the most famous films in the Egyptian Cinema. Barakat had career spanning for 50 years. He worked in different eras of the Egyptian film industry.

Awards and honors
2 wins & 3 nominations

Berlin International Film Festival
 * 1959 Nominated Golden Berlin Bear Hassan wa Nayima (1959)
 * 1960 Nominated Golden Berlin Bear Doa al karawan (1959)

Cannes Film Festival
 * 1965 Nominated Golden Palm El Haram, (1965)

Jakarta Film Festival
 * 1964 Won Best Film Bab el maftuh, El (1964)

Valencia Festival of Mediterranean Cinema
 * 1984 Won Special Mention Leilet al quabd al Fatma (1984)

Egypt State Incentive Prize in Arts and Letters of the Supreme Council of Culture, 1995.

In the Press
The best of Egyptian cinema, the 15 best Egyptian films of all time