- Maryam Mir is a Brooklyn-based writer, director and producer. She is a DGA Jury Award Winner for Best Asian American Student Filmmaker '22, Gotham Marcie Bloom Fellow '23 (founded by Sony Pictures Classics co-founder, Marcie Bloom) and Pillars Artist Fellow '24 (founded by Riz Ahmed, Netflix and Pillars Fund).
Her narrative short, "Sweet Refuge", was acquired by AMC+ as part of their "Future of Film: AAPI Rising Stars", has screened at 35+ festivals (including Oscar-qualifying BlackStar, Hamptons International Film Festival, Austin Film Festival and LAAPFF) and won 9 awards, including a Best of 2024 Award from NewFilmmakers LA and an Artist Award from New York Foundation of the Arts.
Her latest film, "Grandma Swim", set in Bahrain, has received support from the Doha Film Institute, PANO Network and the HEAR US Awards. She holds an MFA degree from NYU Tisch's Graduate Film Program, where she was an Ang Lee Scholar, and concentrated in writing and directing.
- IMDb mini biography by: 01.10.25
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