Omar Gemei
(?-1951)
Omar Gemei
( ? -1951)
Playing with Fire (el Li’b bi-l-nâr)
Omar Gemei was born in Alexandria. He spent seven years in France and the European capitals. In 1937 he returned to join The National Troupe and became a member of its board of directors, in the days of Khalil Bey Moutran.
Love and Conspiracy (Houbb wa mou̓âmarah) was the first play he directed for the troupe in 1938. Then he directed The Second Bride (el Zougah el thânyah), A Woman's Cry for Help, Day of Judgement, Nana and Klinov.
Dr. Taha Hussein Pasha presented the play Klinov on the radio after a brief statement from Gemei.
Call of the Heart (Nida' el qalb) was the first film he produced and directed. Then he produced Ragaa (Ragâ), The Mother (el Oumm), The Father (el Abb), Playing with Fire (el Li'b bi-l-nâr) and My Children (Awlàdî). He also participated with Studio Misr in the movie Farewell my Love (Wada'an ya gharamî).
Gemei had intended to produce two films the stories of which he had prepared, but died before doing so.
Filmography
1943: Call of the Heart (Nida' el qalb)
Photography: Ahmed Khorshid
Director and Scriptwriter: Omar Gemei
Production: Artistic Films Co. (Omar Gemei)
1945: Raga (Ragâ)
Photography: Feri Farkache
Director and Scriptwriter: Omar Gemei
Production: Gemei Films Company
Distribution: Behna Films
1945: The Mother (el Oumm)
Photography: Sami Brill
Director and Scriptwriter: Omar Gemei
Production: Gemei Films
Distribution: Behna Films
1947: The Father (el Abb)
Photography: Feri Farkache
Director and Scriptwriter: Omar Gemei
Production: Gemei Films Company
Distribution: Behna Films
1948: Playing with Fire (el Li'b bi-l-nâr)
Photography: Abdel Aziz Fahmi
Director and Scriptwriter: Omar Gemei
Production: Omar Gemei
Distribution: Behna Films
1949: Prisoner No.17 (el Saguinah raqam sab´at 'achar)
Photography: Mohamed Abdel Azim
Director and Scriptwriter: Omar Gemei
Production and Distribution: Mary Queeny
1951: Farewells my Love (Wada'an ya gharamî)
Photography: Mohamed Ezz al-Arab
Director and Scriptwriter: Omar Gemei
Production: Misr Studio
1951: My Children (Awlàdî)
Photography: Abdel Aziz Fahmi
Director and Scriptwriter: Omar Gemei
Production: Misr for Acting and Cinema Co.
