Hussein Al-Imam

Hussein el-Imam (; February 8, 1951 in Egypt – May 17, 2014) also spelled Hussein El-Emam was a well-known Egyptian film musician, actor and producer.

Career

El-Imam began his career playing music with his brother Moody El-Emam. This developed into an artistic partnership between the two brothers and they created ''Thebes band'' which released five albums together.

El-Imam wrote the soundtracks of many Egyptian films including '' Kaboria'' (1990) which he also produced, starring Ahmed Zaki and ''Ice Cream in Gleem'' (1992) starring Egyptian pan-Arab pop star Amr Diab, which El-Imam produced as well. He also wrote the musical score for a number of theatrical works on stage like ''Albanda'', ''Lamma baba yenam'' and ''Lil kibar faqat'' as well as a number of Egyptian television series. He composed a number of songs particularly for Mohamed Mounir. He also established his own musical studio.

El-Imam, who acted in over 70 films he was featured in several films in notable roles, such as; ''El-Salakhana'' (1982), ''El Toot W El Nabboot'' (1986) and ''Hekayat El Ghareeb'' (1992). On television, he also appeared in several television series, although he wasn’t the main role, but he had a great influence on them, such as: ''Hawanem Garden City'' in 1998, ''Lel Adala Wogooh Katheera'' in 2001, and ''Ahzan Mariam'' in 2006. El-Imam was the host of several popular candid camera and talk / entertainment shows like ''Hassan ala al hawaa'', ''Hussein ala al hawaa'', ''Fasel w nwasel'', ''Eh en nizam'' and ''Kalaam Hussein''.

Personal life

He was the son of the late Hassan el-Imam, one of Egypt's most acclaimed filmmakers from the El-Imam family. His brother Moody El-Imam is also a well known writer, composer of film soundtracks. Hussein El-Imam was married to Egyptian actress Sahar Rami. He died in 2014 reportedly of a cardiac arrest. He was 63.

Filmography

Film

;Acting
*1975: ''Bamba Kashar''
*1979: ''El ganna taht qadamayha'' as Ahmad
*1990: '' Kaboria'' as Sliman
*1998: ''Pizza Pizza'' as Bibars
*1999: Ashik wadi fi Roxy'' as al-Akhdar
*2002: ''Kazalek fil Zamalek'' as Nizar
;Other roles
*1978: ''Hub faq al burkan''
*1979: ''Sultanat al tarab''
*1992: ''Ice Cream fi Gleem'' as Ziko
*2009: ''Ihki ya Shahrazad'' (English title ''Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story'')
*2013: ''Samir abu Nil''

;Producer
*1990: '' Kaboria''
*1992: ''Ice Cream in Gleem''
*1996: ''Estakoza''

;Soundtracks
*1973: ''As Sukkariyah''
*1974: ''Bamba Kashar''
*1975: ''Badi'a Masabni''
*1976: ''El Karawan lou shafayef''
*1978: ''Shuqqa w arousa ya rab''
*1978: ''Hisab al siniin''
*1978: ''Bidoun gawaz afdal''
*1981: '' Lahzet da'af''
*1982: ''Al Selkhana''
*1986: ''Bukra ahla min naharda''
*1986: ''Al Ferrisa''
*1987: ''Al Mal'oub''
*1989: ''Taman al ghurba''
*1991: ''Samaa' hess''
*1992: ''Ouyoun al saqr''
*1992: ''Imra'a ayela lil suquut''
*1992: ''Ice Ceam fi Gleem''
*1994: ''Disco, disco''
*1995: ''Atabat el settat''
*1995: ''Samt el kherfan''
*1996: ''Ya dunya ya gharami''
*1996: ''Al Ghadiboun''
*1996: ''Estakuza''
*1999: ''Ashik wadi fi Roxy''
*2000: ''Al warda al hamraa''
*2000: ''Al namas''
*2001: ''Ibn ezz''
*2002: ''Kazalek fil Zamalek''
*2002: ''El-Limby''

Television

;TV series
*''Lil adalah wougouh kathira''
*''Saeed baa'es ta'ees'' as Saeed Farhat
*''Ahzan Maryam'' as Aboul Alaa
*''Al shaytan la ya'ref el hob''
*''Yak Hanna al jiran'' (Moroccan series)
*''Adam wa gamila''
;TV shows
*''Hassan ala al hawaa''
*''Hussein ala al hawaa''
*''Fasel w nwasel''
*''Eh en nizam''
*''Kalaam Hussein''

Theatre Music composition

*''Ballo''
*''Alabanda''
*''Lamma baba yenam''
*''Lil kibar faqat''

References

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Egyptian composers
Egyptian male film actors
1951 births
2014 deaths
Egyptian male television actors
El-Emam family