Biography
Writer, director and producer Mujah Maraini-Melehi (b. 1970, Casablanca) has cultivated her passion for the arts across Morocco, Italy and the United States. A Sarah Lawrence graduate in theatre and film, she further honed her skills at Boston University, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and Actor's Studio in New York. Maraini-Melehi has spent more than two decades in the US, where she has performed in theatre at La Mama Experimental Theatre Club under Ellen Stewart and other experimental venues as well as acted in film and television. Her documentary, Haiku on a Plum Tree (2016), which debuted at the Rome Film Festival, was shown at international festivals to critical acclaim. The film also featured in the Stranger Than Fiction Docs Series at IFC, New York City.