Asmae El Moudir
Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1981 (age 45) · Salé, Morocco
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
Behind the camera10
- 2024The Mother of All Lies Writer, Producer, Editor, Director
- 2022Masira Director
- 2020The Postcard Director, Screenplay, Editor
- 2019Forgotten War Director, Writer, Editor
- 2016Harma Director, Writer, Editor
- 2014Rough Cut Director, Writer, Editor
- 2013Thank God It's Friday Director, Writer, Editor
- 2011The Colors of Silence Director, Writer, Editor
- 2010The Last Bullet Director, Writer, Editor
- TBA