Minhal Baig

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Female

Place of Birth Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As 민할 베이그

Minhal Baig

Biography

Minhal Baig is a writer/director. Her feature-length film, Hala, about a Pakistani-American teenager uncovering a secret that threatens to unravel her family, premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and was released by Apple TV. She has an overall writing-producing deal in television with Amazon, is a 2022 Sundance Momentum Fellow and participated in the 2022 WGA Showrunner Training Program. She was previously a story editor on Bojack Horseman (Netflix) and staff writer on Ramy (Hulu). In 2017, she was selected as Directing Mentorship Fellow for Ryan Murphy's HALF Foundation and named a Screenwriter to Watch by Austin Film Festival.

Known For

Writer

We Spread

as Writer

2024
We Grown Now

as Screenplay

2019
Hala

as Writer

2019
Ramy

as Writer

2017
Pretext

as Writer

2017
After Sophie

as Writer

2016
Hala

as Writer

2016
1 Night

as Writer

2014
BoJack Horseman

as Writer

2014
BoJack Horseman

as Story Editor

Director

We Spread

as Director

2024
We Grown Now

as Director

2019
Hala

as Director

2017
After Sophie

as Director

2017
Pretext

as Director

2016
Hala

as Director

2016
1 Night

as Director

Producer

2024
We Grown Now

as Producer

2019
Hala

as Producer