Born in Tangier, Morocco. Sanaa immigrated at the age of 17 to America where she study theatre at the prestigious Sarah Lawrence College in New York. She is most famous for her music video directing; however in 2005 she began to direct films and series.
She studied theatre at the prestigious Sarah Lawrence College in New York. Shortly after receiving her degree, Hamri learned that legendary music video cinematographer Malik Sayeed was looking for an assistant to oversee his post-production company, Salaam Inc. . Hamri landed the job at Salaam Inc., where her duties primarily consisted of, as she describes it, “sitting in the office waiting for deliveries and answering phones.” But Hamri, a self-confessed workaholic, explored the machinery - “I had no editing skills when I started--nothing,” she recalls.
Her videos include but are not limited to Jadakiss's "U Make Me Wanna", Prince's "Musicology" and Mariah Carey's "Crybaby", Bringing On The Heartbreak, "Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)", and Mariah Carey's unreleased video for "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life."
With a distinguished roster of high-profile artists including Mariah Carey, Destiny’s Child, Dr. Dre, Prince, Jay Z and India Arie, Hamri has proven that she is a force to be reckoned with—accomplishing this in just 3 years!
Mariah Carey was so impressed with Hamri’s work that she asked Hamri to direct her “Thank God I Found You” remix, since she has helmed several clips for Carey including her video for “Don’t Stop” featuring Mystikal and her video for “Cry Baby” featuring Snoop Dogg. Hamri also directed Carey’s “Oh Holy Night” clip, a special Christmas video to benefit children in need These projects were soon followed by videos for Bilal featuring Jadakiss “Fast Lane”, Destiny’s Child “8 Days of Christmas” and “Nasty Girl”, Solange “Feelin’ You”, Common featuring Mary J. Blige “Come Close to Me”, Kelly Rowland “Stole”, India.Arie “Little Things”, Heather Headley “He Is” and Jay Z “Song Cry”.
The films and episodes Sanaa directed include:
· The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)
· "Men in Trees" (1 episode, 2007) - The Indecent Proposal (2007) TV episode
· "Desperate Housewives" (1 episode, 2007) - No Fits, No Fights, No Feuds (2007) TV episode
· The Adventures of Mimi (2007) (V)
· Something New (2006/I)
· Prince: The Art of Musicology (2004) (TV)
· Prince Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas (2003) (V)
Jamie Babbit
Jamie Babbit was born 16th November 1970, Ohio. She is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. She studied West African Studies at Barnard College (graduating in 1993) and began taking film classes at New York University during her summer vacations. Babbit's partner is producer Andrea Sperling[4] with whom she has collaborated on several projects.
After graduating from Barnard in 1993, Babbit's first job was as a production assistant for Martin Scorsese on The Age of Innocence. After that she worked as a production assistant on John Sayles's The Secret of Roan Inish where she worked with fellow aspiring filmmakers Karyn Kusama and Jasmine Kosovic.
She directed the films But I'm a Cheerleader, The Quiet and Itty Bitty Titty Committee. She has also directed episodes of television programs including Gilmore Girls, Malcolm in the Middle, Nip/Tuck and The L Word. She is involved with film production company POWER UP.
But I'm a Cheerleader
In 1999, Babbit directed her first feature film, But I'm a Cheerleader. Starring Natasha Lyonne and Clea DuVall, it is a romantic comedy about a high school cheerleader who is sent to a so-called "reparative therapy" camp when her parents suspect she is a lesbian. The film was inspired by an article that Babbit read about a man who had been sent to a similar camp. The camp in the film was partly based on a halfway house for young people with drug and alcohol problems run by her mother. In 2000, the film won the Audience Award and the Graine de Cinéphage Award at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival, an annual French festival which showcases the work of female directors.
The Quiet
Babbit's second film was 2005 thriller film The Quiet. Starring Elisha Cuthbert and Camilla Belle, the plot revolves around a deaf girl who, when sent to live with her godparents, discovers some dark secrets about the family.
Television
Babbit has directed episodes of several television programs including Undressed, Popular, Maybe It's Me, The Bernie Mac Show, Malcolm in the Middle, Miss Match, Nip/Tuck, Gilmore Girls, Alias, Ugly Betty, Dirty Sexy Money and The L Word. She enjoys working in television because it helps her to "keep her skills up". She says that because television directors have less overall responsibility than film directors, she is able to concentrate on working with actors. Television work also enables her to earn money while pursuing her long term goals of making feature films.
POWER UP
Babbit is on the board of directors of non-profit organization and film production company POWER UP. Founded in 2000 by Stacy Codikow and Amy Shomer, POWER UP promotes the visibility of lesbians in entertainment and the media.Two of Babbit's films, Stuck and Itty Bitty Titty Committee were produced by POWER UP. She has also been involved with feminist group Guerrilla Girls and pro-choice groups.
Lucy walker
Lucy Walker (born in London, United Kingdom) is a film director, mostly of theatrical feature documentaries.
Lucy was born in London, United Kingdom, read English Language and Literature at New College, Oxford receiving first-class honors. She was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to attend the graduate film program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she won a contest to direct a video for Cowboy Junkies, directed three award-winning short films and received an MFA.
Lucy's directing credits include Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues, for which she was twice nominated for Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Directing, and Devil's Playground - Amish Teenagers in the Modern World, a feature-length documentary about the struggles of Amish teenagers during the period of rumspringa. Financed by HBO, Wellspring and Channel 4, Devil's Playground premiered at Sundance Film Festival and went on to many accolades and awards, including winning Sony-AFI digital Best Documentary Award as well as overall Best Film Award, a Special Jury mention at Karlovy-Vary Film Festival, Audience Award at Sarasota International Film Festival, and nominations for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary, and for three Emmys (for Best Documentary, Best Directing, and Best Editing). She was named one of the "Top 25 New Faces In Independent Film" by Filmmaker Magazine.
Films directed by Lucy include:
Samira Makhmalbaf was born February 15, 1977, Tehran and is an internationally acclaimed Iranian (Persian) filmmaker and script writer. She is the daughter of Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the film director and writer. Samira Makhmalbaf belongs to New wave movement of Iranian cinema. At the age of 20 Samira studied Psychology and Law at Roehampton University in London.
At the age of seven, she acted in Mohsen Makhmalbaf's film The Bicyclist. She left high school when she was 14, to learn cinema in the Makhmalbaf Film House for 5 years. At the age of 17, after directing two video productions, she went on to direct the movie The Apple. One year later, the 18 year old director went on to become the youngest director in the world participating in the official section of the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. The Apple has been invited to more than 100 international film festivals in a period of two years, while going to the screen in more than 30 countries.
In 1999, Samira made her second feature film, entitled The Blackboard and for the second time participated in the competition section of the Cannes Film Festival as the youngest director in the world, in 2000, this time winning the jury prize.
Samira Makhmalbaf has been the winner and nominee of numerous awards; winning a total of 15 awards for her works. Some of her achievements:
“Sutherland Trophy”, London Film Festival 1998, UK.
“International Critics prize”, Locarno Film Festival 1998, Switzerland.
“Jury’s Special prize”, Thessalonica Film Festival 1998, Greece.
“Jury’s Special prize”, São Paulo Film Festival 1998, Brazil.
Filmography
The Apple (Language: Persian)
The Blackboard (Language: Kurdish)
God, Construction and Destruction as part of 11'9''01 September 11 (Language: Persian)
At Five in the Afternoon (Language: Persian)
Two-Legged Horse
Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron (born May 19, 1941) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, journalist, and blogger.
She is best known for her romantic comedies and is a triple nominee for the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay; for Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally... and Sleepless in Seattle. She sometimes writes with her sister, Delia Ephron.
Ephron was born in New York, New York, eldest of four daughters in a Jewish family and grew up in Beverly Hills; her parents, Henry and Phoebe Ephron, were both East Coast-born and raised screenwriters. Ephron's parents based Sandra Dee's character in the play and then Jimmy Stewart film Take Her, She's Mine on their 22-year-old daughter Nora and her letters to them from college. Ephron graduated from Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California in 1959.
Ephron graduated from Wellesley College and was briefly an intern in the White House of President John F. Kennedy.
Ephron got a job at the New York Post, where she stayed as a reporter for five years, after a satire she wrote lampooning the Post caught the editor's eye. Upon becoming a successful writer, she wrote a column on women's issues for Esquire. In this position, Ephron made a name for herself by taking on subjects as wide-ranging as Dorothy Schiff, her former boss and owner of the Post, Betty Friedan, whom she chastised for pursuing a feud with Gloria Steinem, and her alma mater Wellesley, which she said had turned out a generation of "docile" women. A 1968 send-up of Women's Wear Daily in Cosmopolitan resulted in threats of a lawsuit from WWD.
Some of the films include:
Producer, director, and screenwriter
(1996) Michael
(1998) You've Got Mail
(2005) Bewitched
(2009) Julie & Julia
Director and screenwriter
(1992) This Is My Life
(1993) Sleepless in Seattle
(1994) Mixed Nuts
Producer and screenwriter
(2000) Hanging Up
(1990) My Blue Heaven
Producer and director(2000) Lucky Numbers
The number of female directors can increase if:
· More females take an interest in this forte by exploring media and realising they can achieve these goals
· They are well balanced and manage family life by not letting interfere with their work
· Work with prestigious people or mingle with people who can enhance their skills
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