Ismahane Lahmar (born 25 October 1982), is a Franco–

Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

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and

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. She is best known as the director of critically acclaimed shorts and feature films ''Rainbow'', ''WOH!'' and ''Breaking News''.

Personal life

She was born on 25 October 1982 in

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, France, to Tunisian parents. However, she moved to Tunisia after birth and lived with her grandparents until age eight. Then she returned to France.

Career

After returning to France, she was enrolled to University of Paris XII to study economics. After completing the degree in Economics and Management, she moved to study Foreign Languages with her sister. In the middle of the university year, she went on a trip to Canada and joined a singer friend on a tour of Quebec. During this period, she started film direction. He trained acting and drama at the Superior School of Audiovisual Production (ESRA) in Paris. Later she moved to New York University and obtained her master's degree in directing. In 2008, she made her directorial debut with the short film ''Red Hope'' in 2008. The she wrote the screenplay for the feature film ''Al Yasmine'' with the support by the Dubai Film Connection workshop. In 2010, she decided to go to Tunisia, with the feature film ''Under the Elbow''. However, she withdrew the decision due to the political upheaval in the country. In 2014, she directed her second short film ''Rainbow''. It was presented in July 2014 at the Rares & Tunisiens Cycle. In 2016, she wrote and directed the film ''Woh'', a Tunisian comedy financed by the Tunisian public. In 2019 she founded the production company 'Madame Prod' in which she develops and supports projects for women and genre cinema.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lahmar, Ismahane Living people Tunisian film directors Tunisian women film directors Tunisian screenwriters 1982 births Film people from Paris