Salah M. Hassanein

Mr Salah M.
Hassanein was born in 1921 in Egypt.
He attended the British School, Alexandria, and the London School of Economics, Cairo.
He came to the United States in 1945, where he served in the U.S.
Armed forces from 1945 to 1947.
He joined Skouras Theatres Corporation as an usher in 1947, and became President in 1961.
Subsequently, and until 1987, Salah M.
Hassanein was appointed Executive Vice president, a member of the Board of Directors of the United Artists Communications and President of United Artists Eastern Theatres.
In 1987, he was appointed President of Warner Brothers International Theatres and was entrusted with the task of building a network of multiplex theatres in Europe, Japan and Australia on behalf of Warner Brothers.
In July of 1994, he assumed the Presidency of The Todd-AO Corporation, which he occupied until June of 2000.
Currently, he is President of SMH Entertainment, Chairman of the Board of PointSource Technology and a member of the Board of Directors of SeeBeyond Technology.
He is Chairman of the Board of Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens, past Chairman of the Board and President of Variety Clubs International, Honorary Chairman of the Will Rogers Memorial Fund, past Chairman and President of the Foundation of Motion Picture Pioneers, a member of the New York State Motion Picture and Television Advisory Board, an advisory board member of the National Bank of New York City, past member of the Board of Television & Film Committee of the United States Information Agency, a trustee of the North Shore Hospital, Manhasset, N.Y.
and a member of the Board of Aging in America, Inc. He is also currently Chairman of the Variety International Lifeline Program.