Malika Zouhali-Worrall Explained

Malika Zouhali-Worrall
Occupation:Director, Editor
Known For:Call Me Kuchu, Thank You For Playing, Through the Night

Malika Zouhali-Worrall is a British-Moroccan film director and editor.[1]

She is the co-director of the 2012 documentary Call Me Kuchu,[2] [3] about Ugandan activist David Kato, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, going on to win the Teddy Award and the Cinema fairbindet Award among others. She is also the co-director, with David Osit of the 2015 documentary Thank You for Playing.[4] [5] Osit and Zouhali-Worrall also directed the short film "Games You Can't Win" for The New York Times Op-Docs.[6] Both the feature and short were inspired by the art house video game That Dragon, Cancer. In 2017, Thank You For Playing won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary.[7]

Zouhali-Worrall is also the director of the documentary shorts "Strange Grace: The Art of Amyra Léon", which broadcast on PBS American Masters in 2020,[8] and "Video Visit", a Field of Vision film,[9] which premiered at BlackStar Film Festival and the American Film Institute Film Festival in 2021.[10] [11]

She is the editor of the 2020 documentary Through the Night, directed by Loira Limbal, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival,[12] and was named one of The Guardian’s Best Documentaries of 2020.[13]

Zouhali-Worrall is married to Wired journalist Andy Greenberg.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bio & Contact.
  2. Web site: Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall . Filmmaker Magazine - Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. . 2012-07-19 . 2022-10-01.
  3. Web site: Call Me Kuchu. 28 August 2012.
  4. Web site: Thank You For Playing POV PBS. POV. POV American Documentary Inc.. en-US. 2017-04-15.
  5. Web site: Independent Lens Wins Four 2017 News and Documentary Emmys!. 2021-08-24. Independent Lens. en-US.
  6. News: Games You Can't Win. Osit. David. 2016-03-17. The New York Times. 2017-04-15. Zouhali-worrall. Malika. 0362-4331.
  7. 916107897322528774. newsemmys. The Emmy for Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary goes to @POVDOCS "Thank You For Playing." #NewsEmmys . 6 October 2017.
  8. Web site: Amyra León: Strange Grace | American Masters | PBS. PBS. 13 October 2020.
  9. 1395434072177094662. fieldofvision. 1/ ️ We're thrilled to announce the world premiere of VIDEO VISIT, directed and produced by Malika Zouhali-Worrall…. 20 May 2021.
  10. Web site: festival.blackstarfest.org . Blackstar Film Festival 2022. 2022-10-01.
  11. News: AFI FEST 2021 Full Lineup Announced. American Film Institute .
  12. Web site: Through the Night | 2021 Tribeca Festival.
  13. Web site: From corruption to summer camp: The best documentaries of 2020. TheGuardian.com. 30 December 2020.
  14. Web site: About the Author | This Machine Kills Secrets . 29 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150815212228/http://www.thismachinekillssecrets.com/author/ . 15 August 2015 . dead .