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 different languages on Wikipedia. Khadija al-Salami is the 1,693rd most popular film director (up from 1,739th in 2019), the 30th 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 1,693 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, Charles Brabin, Trevor Nunn, Neil Marshall, Na Hong-jin, and Subhash Ghai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Khadija al-Salami ranks 515. Before her are David Diop, Edie Brickell, Maryam Namazie, Marc Emmers, Petr Barna, and Petr Svoboda. After her are Aleksandr Skvortsov, Alexandre Borges, Petra Rossner, Dolores Heredia, Samuel West, and Héctor Baldassi.

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In Yemen

Among people born in Yemen, Khadija al-Salami ranks 30 out of 35. Before her are Ibrahim al-Hamdi (1943), Abdullah al-Sallal (1917), Ahmad al-Ghashmi (1935), Ali Muhammad Mujawar (1953), Abdul Qadir Bajamal (1946), and Ahmed Obaid Bin Dagher (1952). After her are Mohammed al-Houthi (1979), Saleh Ali al-Sammad (1979), Khaled Bahah (1965), Ahmed Saleh (1972), Nujood Ali (1998), and Keith Vaz (1956).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Yemen

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

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