Hussein el-Imam

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

Hussein el-Imam
حسين الإمام
El-Imam in 1973
Born	Hussein Hassan El-Imam (1951-02-08)February 8, 1951 Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt
Died	May 17, 2014(2014-05-17) (aged 63) Giza, Egypt
Nationality	Egyptian
Occupation	Musician • actor • film producer
Years active	1973–2014
Spouse	Sahar Rami ​ (m. 1987)​
Children	2
Father	Hassan el-Imam
Family	El-Emam family

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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