Dina Amer

Dina Amer is an Egyptian-American film director, writer, producer and journalist.

Biography Amer was born and raised in the United States.

Amer's work has been published by The New York Times, CNN, and VICE. In 2011, she received the Kahlil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Award from the Arab American Institute Foundation (AAIF) for her reporting of the Arab Spring in Egypt. In 2016, she reported on the human trafficking of refugees of the Syrian civil war and the underground economy of the illegal Egypt–Gaza barrier for Vice News program Black Market: Dispatches. For her screenplay Cain and Abel, which she co-wrote with Omar Mullick, she was invited to the Sundance Screenwriters' Lab in January 2022.

Filmography YearTitle Contribution Note 2013 The Square Actress Documentary 2021 You Resemble Me Director, writer, producer and actress Feature film

Awards and nominations YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.2021 NominatedSão Paulo International Film FestivalBest FilmYou Resemble Me NominatedVenice Film FestivalGiornate degli Autori WonRed Sea International Film FestivalAudience Award 2022 WonInternational Federation of Film CriticsBest International Film