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- Yasmin Ahmad was born on January 7, 1958 in Bukit Treh, Muar, Johor, Malaysia. She was a director and actress, known for Mukhsin (2006), Talentime (2009) and Slit Eye (2004). She died on July 25, 2009 in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
- A retrospective of her first four feature films was held at the 2006 Tokyo International Film Festival.
- Her films explored romance between members of different ethnic groups and religions, touching on the issues of parental abandonment, AIDS and gender discrimination, against the backdrop of Malaysia's ethnic diversity.
- She started out as a copywriter. Subsequently, she became the creative director for an ad agency. She became known for sentimental TV ads that focused on family and religious celebrations uniting the ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities in Malaysia with the Malay Muslim majority.
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