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Biography

Miranda Yousef was born in Boston, MA to Egyptian parents. After receiving her B.A. magna cum laude in Comparative Literature from Harvard College, she lived abroad, shooting her first short film in Singapore before moving to Los Angeles to attend the M.F.A. Directing program at UCLA. She has written and directed several narrative shorts; her thesis film, “Collectibles,” won the award for Best Woman Director at the prestigious Directors Guild of America 2008 Student Film Awards, and is currently playing at film festivals all over the world.

Miranda worked for the Sundance Film Festival’s programming department for several years, before moving into a career as a feature documentary editor. She has worked as an editor on several features, including Academy Award nominee Kirby Dick’s “OUTRAGE” (theatrical release May 2009); 2008 Sundance Film Festival favorite “I.O.U.S.A.” (dir. Patrick Creadon, theatrical release August 2008); and 2008 IDA Audience Award winner “FOOD FIGHT” (dir. Chris Taylor).

At the time of this writing, Miranda's STARmeter is inexplicably up 136%.

IMDB Page

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Caucus Film

Film Title

Collectibles

Film Information & Synopsis

Five-year-old Alex is overjoyed when she gets the doll she wanted for Christmas. But when her parents forbid her from opening the package because it's a collectible, Alex sets off on a quest to open it and free the princess at any cost.

Festival Experience

AFI Dallas IFF; Jackson Hole IFF; Alamosa FF; Chicago International Children's Film Festival; Martha's Vineyard IFF; Little Big Shots (Australia); Salento Finibus Terrae (Italy)

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