Person
Asmae El Moudir
Directing · Born 1981-01-01 · Salé, Morocco
Biography
Asmae El Moudir (born 1981 in Salé) is a Moroccan documentary filmmaker. El Moudir holds a master's degree in documentary cinema from the Abdelmalek Essaâdi University in Tetouan, and a master's degree in production at the Superior Institute of Information and Communication of Rabat in Rabat. She studied at La Fémis in Paris. She graduated in 2010 from the Moroccan Film Academy in Film Directing / Fiction. After making a number of short films, El Moudir directed The Mother of All Lies (Le mensonge originel), her first feature film. The next year, she directed The Postcard, her first documentary feature film. She has directed documentaries for SNRT, Al Jazeera Documentary, BBC and Al Araby TV. She has won important national and international awards which have been screened in Festivals worldwide and presented on co-production markets. In 2022, she was part of Netflix Equity Fund with Four Female Arab Filmmakers.
Known for
Thank God It's Friday
Director
The Postcard
Director
The Mother of All Lies
Self
Forgotten War
Editor
Harma
Director
Don’t Let the Sun Go Up on Me
Director
The Colors of Silence
Editor
Masira
Director
The Last Bullet
Director
Rough Cut
Editor
Filmography
- 2024The Mother of All LiesSelf
- 2022MasiraDirector
- 2020The PostcardDirector
- 2019Forgotten WarEditor
- 2016HarmaDirector
- 2014Rough CutEditor
- 2013Thank God It's FridayDirector
- 2011The Colors of SilenceEditor
- 2010The Last BulletDirector
- —Don’t Let the Sun Go Up on MeDirector
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