Mounia Akl
- Director
- Writer
- Actress
Mounia Akl is a Lebanese director and writer based in London. She earned her MFA from Columbia University in New York, after studying Architecture in ALBA, Beirut and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences®. Her debut feature, Costa Brava, Lebanon, inspired by her short Submarine (Cannes 2016), premiered at the 2021 Venice Film Festival, TIFF, and BFI London, winning the Audience Award. It was released in the US by Kino Lorber and later on Netflix. She developed the script through the Sundance Labs, Cannes Cinéfondation Residency, and Torino Film Lab. Her second feature film "Hold me if you want" is in development.
In TV, she has directed episodes of The Responder starring Martin Freeman, Boiling Point starring Stephen Graham, created by Adolescence's Phil Barantini, and House of Guinness with Netflix created by Stephen Knight. She is also developing her own TV series "Yes we do" set in Spain.
In TV, she has directed episodes of The Responder starring Martin Freeman, Boiling Point starring Stephen Graham, created by Adolescence's Phil Barantini, and House of Guinness with Netflix created by Stephen Knight. She is also developing her own TV series "Yes we do" set in Spain.
