Ibrahim Lama
25 films or more
20 active years or more
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Date and place of death:
14/05/1954
Years active:*
1928 - 1951
Children:
Samir Ibrahim Lama
Relatives:
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He is of Palestinian origin.
He came to Alexandria with his brother Badr Lama in 1916, after their family had emigrated to Chile in South America; they were on their way to Palestine but decided to stay in Alexandria and work on producing Egyptian films.
They founded the film production company Condor Film in 1926.
During that period, the Lama brothers began producing their film Qobla Fel-Sa7Ara2 – the first Arab feature film – on the fourth of May 1927.
In 1930 the Lama brothers moved to Cairo after their film projects expanded.
Most of the films directed by Ibrahim Lama starred his brother Badr Lama, even after Badr Lama married Badreya Raafat, who shared the lead in these films with him. The films directed by Ibrahim Lama in which Badr Lama did not participate were: Wakhz Al-Dameer 1931- The Victims-1931 1931- Layaly Al-Qahera 1939.
The films of director Ibrahim Lama were varied; he made historical films such as Sala7 Al-Din Al-Ayouby" 1941, and Cleopatra 1943, but because of weak production resources these films did not rise to the level of the figures they portrayed. He also made the first film about the story of Qays Wa Laila 1939, in addition to social and comedy films.
The artist Ibrahim Lama is considered the first Egyptian to film in the forests and bush of Sudan and Kenya; he set out there with his cameras to shoot his films Al-7Alqa Al-Mafqouda in 1948. and Al-Qafela Taseer" in 1951. He wrote an article about his adventures in the jungle and among wild animals, published by Al-Kawakeb magazine.
Ibrahim Lama and his son Samir Ibrahim Lama left Egypt for a year and a half after the 1948 war, leaving behind the studio he owned and the films he distributed from his own production. They returned at the end of August 1949 when Egyptian policy toward Jews changed, and he was harshly attacked because of his absence.
After his brother Badr Lama died suddenly, Ibrahim used his son Samir Ibrahim Lama to star in his films.
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