Mohammed Karim

Born in Egypt on December 8, 1896 — died May 27, 1972 (aged 75)

Egyptian director, screenwriter, film editor, and makeup artist born on 8 December 1896. He started as an actor during WWI then travelled to Germany where her worked as an assistant director and got married to a German woman and had one daughter, Diana. He was appointed the first Dean of the High Cinema Institute in Giza in 1959.