Henry Antoun Barakat (Arabic: هنري أنطون بركات, 11 June 1914, Cairo – 27 May 1997, Cairo) was a well known Egyptian film director.

He was born in Shubra^[1] to a Melkite Greek Catholic father of Syro-Lebanese descent, and a Syro-Lebanese mother. His father, Dr. Antoun Barakat, was a physician and received the title of Beik by the King for the services he rendered.^[2]

He directed some of the most famous films in the Egyptian Cinema. Barakat had career spanning for 50 years. He worked in different eras of the Egyptian film industry.

2 wins & 3 nominations

Berlin International Film Festival

• 1959 Nominated Golden Berlin Bear Hassan wa Nayima (1959)^[3]
• 1960 Nominated Golden Berlin Bear Doa al karawan (1959)^[4]

Cannes Film Festival

• 1965 Nominated Golden Palm El Haram, (1965)

Jakarta Film Festival

• 1964 Won Best Film Bab el maftuh, El (1964)

Valencia Festival of Mediterranean Cinema

• 1984 Won Special Mention Leilet al quabd al Fatma (1984)

Egypt State Incentive Prize in Arts and Letters of the Supreme Council of Culture, 1995.

• Lists of Egyptians

The best of Egyptian cinema , the 15 best Egyptian films of all time Archived 23 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine

• Armes, Roy. Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press, 11 July 2008. ISBN 0253000424, 9780253000422.