Atef El Tayeb (Arabic: عاطف الطيب pronounced [ˈʕɑːtˤef etˈtˤɑjjeb]) (26 December 1947 – 23 June 1995) was an Egyptian film director.
[1] Alternative transliterations of his name are: Atef Al-Tayeb and Attef El Taieb.
[3] In 1973, he worked as an assistant director to Shadi Abdel Salam on the film The Armies of the Sun.
In 1978, he directed a short film titled The Barter, produced by the Experimental Center.
In 1979, he served as a second assistant director with Youssef Chahine on the film Alexandria... Why?.