
Person
Marie-Louise Elia
Directing · Born 1990-12-19 · Lebanon
Biography
Marie-Louise ‘Malou’ Elia is a Lebanese screenwriter, director, and editor. She studied Film Directing and Screenwriting in Beirut and New York. A Film Independent alumna and a 2022 Global Media Makers fellow, Marie-Louise wrote and directed several short films and documentaries. She also edited many documentaries and short fiction films - some are currently having their festival run. In 2014, she was selected among the editing talents of the Beirut Talents. In addition to writing the series “Men Home La Hon”, Marie-Louise is currently developing three films: The Savior, a feature comedy, "Yearning" a short dramatic film and another feature screenplay We Find You Anywhere, winner of the Most Promising Screenplay prize, second place, at the Cinemai’yat Film Festival (2016). She is also a lecturer at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA), and formerly at Saint Joseph University and the Lebanese University.
Known for

Take 18
Writer

Recovery
Editor

Beirut in Black & White
Director

Death & Other Fears
Voice Over

We Never Left
Editor
Filmography
- 2024We Never LeftEditor
- 2024Death & Other FearsVoice Over
- 2021RecoveryEditor
- 2017Take 18Writer
- —Beirut in Black & WhiteDirector
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