---
name: "Kamal Abul Ela"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kamal-abul-ela"
fi1m_id: "kamal-abul-ela"
imdb_id: "nm0252891"
tmdb_id: 1620541
wikidata_id: "Q13141391"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "10 February 1923"
died: "19 January 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:28:55.519091+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kamal Abul Ela

## Identity

Kamal Abul Ela

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kamal-abul-ela
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kamal-abul-ela
- **IMDb ID:** nm0252891
- **TMDB ID:** 1620541
- **Wikidata ID:** Q13141391
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13141391, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252891/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1620541

Editor. Born 10 February 1923 in Egypt. Died 19 January 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 10 February 1923, Egypt
- **Died:** 19 January 2008
- **Also known as:** Kamal Abou-El-Ella, Kamal Aobut Al-Ela, Kamal Abo El Ela, كمال أبو العلا, Kamal Abu Eleela
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13141391, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252891/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1620541

## Biography

Kamal Abul Ela (also credited as Kamal Abou-El-Ella and كمال أبو العلا) was an Egyptian film editor and director. He edited Youssef Chahine's *Cairo Station* (1958) and Shadi Abdel Salam's *The Night of Counting the Years* (1969, also known as *The Mummy*), as well as *The Blazing Sun* (1954).

Born in Amrous, Monufeya governorate, he studied commerce before training in cinema and television at Boston University. He later taught film editing at the High Institute of Cinema in Cairo and contributed to the establishment of Kuwaiti television. He died in Cairo in 2008.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, pro.imdb.com, elcinema.com, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Cairo Station* (1958), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/cairo-station.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Star of the East* (1999), Editor
- *Nasser 56* (1996), Editor
- *The Assassination of Faten Tawfik* (1995), Editor
- *The Road to Eilat* (1994), Editor
- *ألف ليلة وليلة* (1992), series, Editor
- *The Puppeteer* (1989), Editor
- *Tali' al-Nakhl* (1988), Editor
- *أسعد الله مساءك* (1987), Editor
- *Away from Land* (1976), Editor
- *The Downtown Apartment* (1975), Editor
- *I'll Never Come Back* (1975), Editor
- *Spider* (1973), series, Editor
- *Body and Passion* (1972), Editor
- *Horizons* (1972), Editor
- *Witch* (1971), Editor
- *Al-Sarab* (1970), Editor
- *The Eloquent Peasant* (1970), Editor
- *Kant Ayam* (1970), Editor
- *The Night of Counting the Years* (1969), Editor
- *Saedat El Rigal* (1960), Editorial Coordinator
- *Sad Melody* (1960), Editorial Consultant
- *The Unknown Woman* (1959), Editor
- *Hassan and Nayima* (1959), Editor
- *سجن العذارى* (1959), Editor
- *A Heart of Gold* (1959), Editor
- *Cairo Station* (1958), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/cairo-station.md)
- *Hob Min Narr* (1958), Editor
- *The Charmer* (1958), Editor
- *Eghraa* (1957), Editor
- *Return My Heart* (1957), Editor
- *ربيع الحب* (1956), Editor
- *Confused Hearts* (1956), Editor
- *Sahifat el sawabek* (1956), Editor
- *Struggle in the Harbor* (1956), Editor
- *Birds of Paradise* (1955), Editor
- *الميعاد* (1955), Editor
- *Life's Wishes* (1955), Editor
- *'Iilhiquni bialmadhun* (1954), Editor
- *April Fool* (1954), Editor
- *The Blazing Sun* (1954), Editor
- *الحب المكروه* (1953), Editor
- *Women Without Men* (1953), Editor
- *Lady of The Train* (1952), Editor
- *Cup of torment* (1952), Editor
- *Good News* (1952), Editor
- *Son of the Nile* (1951), Editor
- *Baba Amin* (1950), Editor
- *المظلومة* (1950), Editor
- *Beware of Pickpockets* (1949), Editor
- *Zohrah* (1947), Director

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