Sara Ishaq

Sara Ishaq (born 1984, Scotland) is a Yemeni-Scottish film maker. She grew up in Sana’a, Yemen until the age of 18, when she moved back to Scotland to pursue her education in Humanities and Social Sciences, followed by an MFA in film directing in Edinburgh. Her debut award-winning documentary film Karama Has No Walls (2012) ^[1] was nominated for the BAFTA Scotland New Talents, One World Media awards and for an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). In 2013, she completed her first feature film ‘The Mulberry House’, which deals with her relationship with her Yemeni family against the backdrop of the country’s 2011 revolution.^[2]

Filmography

2013 The Mulberry House (Feature Documentary)
2012 Karama Has No Walls (Short Documentary)
2012 Marie My Girl (Short Drama)

Television credits

2011 Yemen Uprising for Newsnight & Our World Episodes. Role: Assistant Director / Camera Operator
2013 Yemeni Child Prisoners On Death Row for Channel 4 – Unreported World. Role: local producer

References

^ http://oscar.go.com/nominees
^ Robson, editors, Gabrielle Kelly, Cheryl (2014). Celluloid Ceiling. ; 21st Century Female Film Directors. Aurora Metro Publications Limited. p. 363. ISBN 9780956632906. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |first1= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[1] ttp://oscar.go.com/nominees

[Celluloid_Ceiling-2] Robson, editors, Gabrielle Kelly, Cheryl (2014). Celluloid Ceiling. ; 21st Century Female Film Directors. Aurora Metro Publications Limited. p. 363. ISBN 9780956632906. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |first1= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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