FILM DIRECTOR

Khadija al-Salami

1966 - Today

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Khadija al-Salami (Arabic: خديجة السلامي; born November 11, 1966, in Sana'a, Yemen), is the first Yemeni female film producer and director. Al-Salami currently resides in Paris, France. She has been nominated and also won awards at film festivals such as the Dubai International Film Festival and Vesoul Asian Film Festival. Her semi-autobiographical 2014 film, I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced was submitted to the Academy Awards, but was not selected. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Khadija al-Salami is the 1,716th most popular film director (up from 1,740th in 2024), the 32nd most popular biography from Yemen (up from 33rd in 2019) and the most popular Yemeni Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Khadija al-Salami ranks 1,716 out of 2,041. Before her are Dan Laustsen, Ramanand Sagar, Rory Kennedy, Mantas Kvedaravičius, Karan Johar, and Rainer Simon. After her are Mari Okada, Huner Saleem, Charles Brabin, Trevor Nunn, Neil Marshall, and Na Hong-jin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Khadija al-Salami ranks 540. Before her are David Diop, Edie Brickell, Maryam Namazie, Marc Emmers, Petr Barna, and Petr Svoboda. After her are Aleksandr Skvortsov, Alexandre Borges, Yoko Kamio, Petra Rossner, Dolores Heredia, and Samuel West.

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In Yemen

Among people born in Yemen, Khadija al-Salami ranks 32 out of 35. Before her are Ahmad al-Ghashmi (1935), Ali Muhammad Mujawar (1953), Abdul Qadir Bajamal (1946), Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak (null), Ahmed Obaid Bin Dagher (1952), and Mona Mahmudnizhad (1965). After her are Mohammed al-Houthi (1979), Saleh Ali al-Sammad (1979), Khaled Bahah (1965), Ramzi bin al-Shibh (1972), Mahdi al-Mashat (null), and Nasir al-Wuhayshi (1976).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Yemen

Among film directors born in Yemen, Khadija al-Salami ranks 1. 

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