| Farah Zeb Khalid | |
| Birth Date: | 27 December 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | USC Film School |
| Occupation: | Director, editor |
| Yearsactive: | 2000–present |
Farah Zeb Khalid also known as Farah X, is a Pakistani American director and editor.[1] [2] [3] She is known for her work on the documentary film .[4] [5]
Farah was born in Nashville, Tennessee and grew up in Los Angeles, California. In 1995, she modeled in London and Paris before returning to Los Angeles to attend the USC School of Cinematic Arts undergraduate program.[1] In 2005, she joined Sunset Edit as their only female editor. She has worked with singers such as Prince, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé and Rapsody.[6] [7] In 2006, she directed a segment for the feature documentary Dropped.[8] In 2015, Farah directed a piece for Mariah Carey’s Infinity.[9]
In 2019, Farah directed a music video for Rapsody's Oprah, featuring Leikeli47 and Reyna Biddy, which won Best Music Video at the Urbanworld Film Festival in 2020.[10] [11] Farah co-directed , along with Lisa Cortes, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.[12] It also won six Best Documentary awards including at the Sidewalk Film Festival and Milwaukee Film Festival.[13] [14]
In 2021, Farah directed a five episode online series, SeeHer: Multiplicity, which won a Gracie award for Original Programming in 2022.[15] The series also won 2022 gold and silver Telly awards.[16]
| Year | Film | Director | Editor | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Beauty of Blackness | Documentary | ||
| 2021 | SeeHer: Multiplicity | 5 episodes | ||
| 2021 | Crusaders: Ex Jehovah's Witnesses Speak Out | Documentary | ||
| 2021 | Made by Her Monuments | Documentary | ||
| 2019 | Documentary | |||
| 2019 | Oprah | Video short | ||
| 2017 | Interior Motives | Documentary | ||
| 2015 | Joan Baez: Rebel Icon | Documentary | ||
| 2015 | Infinity | Video short | ||
| 2014 | You're Mine (Eternal) | Video short[17] | ||
| 2013 | We Came Home | Documentary[18] | ||
| 2011 | The Life and Death of Steriogram | Feature Film | ||
| 2008 | Crepe Covered Sidewalks | Documentary | ||
| 2008 | Fall Out Boy: I Don't Care | Video short | ||
| 2008 | Number One with a Bullet | Documentary | ||
| 2007 | Incubus: Look Alive | Video short | ||
| 2006 | Dropped | Documentary | ||
| 2006 | One Blood | Video short | ||
| 2006 | Bossy (Kelis song) | Video short | ||
| 2000 | Meta | Short film | ||
| 2000 | Hellraiser: Resurrection | Video short | ||