Dina Amer | |
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Occupation(s) | Director, writer, producer, journalist, actress |
Years active | 2011–present |
Dina Amer is an Egyptian-American film director, writer, producer and journalist. [1] [2] [3]
Amer was born and raised in the United States. [4]
Amer's work has been published by The New York Times, CNN, and VICE. [5] In 2011, she received the Kahlil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Award from the Arab American Institute Foundation (AAIF) for her reporting of the Arab Spring in Egypt. [6] In 2016, she reported on the human trafficking of refugees of the Syrian civil war and the underground economy of the illegal Egypt–Gaza barrier for Vice News program Black Market: Dispatches. [5]
Amer's debut feature film, You Resemble Me, premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. [7] [8] For her screenplay Cain and Abel, which she co-wrote with Omar Mullick, she was invited to the Sundance Screenwriters' Lab in January 2022. [9]
Year | Title | Contribution | Note |
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2013 | The Square | Actress [10] | Documentary |
2021 | You Resemble Me | Director, writer, [11] producer and actress | Feature film |
Year | Result | Award | Category | Work | Ref. |
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2021 | Nominated | São Paulo International Film Festival | Best Film | You Resemble Me | [12] |
Nominated | Venice Film Festival | Giornate degli Autori | [13] | ||
Won | Red Sea International Film Festival | Audience Award | [14] | ||
2022 | Won | International Federation of Film Critics | Best International Film | [15] |
Dina Amer | |
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Occupation(s) | Director, writer, producer, journalist, actress |
Years active | 2011–present |
Dina Amer is an Egyptian-American film director, writer, producer and journalist. [1] [2] [3]
Amer was born and raised in the United States. [4]
Amer's work has been published by The New York Times, CNN, and VICE. [5] In 2011, she received the Kahlil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Award from the Arab American Institute Foundation (AAIF) for her reporting of the Arab Spring in Egypt. [6] In 2016, she reported on the human trafficking of refugees of the Syrian civil war and the underground economy of the illegal Egypt–Gaza barrier for Vice News program Black Market: Dispatches. [5]
Amer's debut feature film, You Resemble Me, premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. [7] [8] For her screenplay Cain and Abel, which she co-wrote with Omar Mullick, she was invited to the Sundance Screenwriters' Lab in January 2022. [9]
Year | Title | Contribution | Note |
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2013 | The Square | Actress [10] | Documentary |
2021 | You Resemble Me | Director, writer, [11] producer and actress | Feature film |
Year | Result | Award | Category | Work | Ref. |
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2021 | Nominated | São Paulo International Film Festival | Best Film | You Resemble Me | [12] |
Nominated | Venice Film Festival | Giornate degli Autori | [13] | ||
Won | Red Sea International Film Festival | Audience Award | [14] | ||
2022 | Won | International Federation of Film Critics | Best International Film | [15] |