Randa Ali

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1990-10-06 (34 years old)

Place of Birth Cairo, Egypt

Also Known As رندة علي

Randa Ali

Biography

Randa Ali is a director & writer working between Los Angeles and Cairo. She graduated in 2023 with an MFA in directing from UCLA’s school of theater, film and television where she was a recipient of a full-ride scholarship awarded to female filmmakers from the Arab world. Her first short film Kingdom of Strangers (2022), an exploration of memory & exile, was awarded the ARRI Franz Weiser grant and won the Jury awards at Toronto Arab Film Festival, Cairo Int'l Shorts Film Festival & Beirut Shorts. Her most recent short, Mango (2024) landed its world premiere at the Clermont-Ferrand Int'l Short Film Festival. Randa is interested in telling stories of individuals through their relationship with their cities. She is currently developing her first feature film.

Known For

Director

Gigi

as Director

2024
Mango

as Director

2022
2021

Writer

Gigi

as Writer

2024
Mango

as Writer

2022

Editor

2024
Mango

as Editor

2022

Producer

2022