Emily Atef

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1973-01-01 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Berlin, Germany

Emily Atef

Biography

Emily Atef (born 6 May, 1973; Berlin) is a German filmmaker based in Berlin. At the age of 7, Atef moved from Berlin to Los Angeles with her French-Iranian parents and her brother the drummer Cyril Atef. She was 13 when they moved to France, where Atef finished school, and later she went to London to work as an actor in the London theater scene. Atef returned to Berlin to study film direction at the prestigious Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin. Her first feature-length film Molly's Way which, like her 2 following feature films was co-authored by Esther Bernstorff received an advancement award at the Filmfest München (film festival M...

Acting

2004

Marseille

as Zelda

Production

2008

2022

More Than Ever

as Director

2022

2012

Kill Me

as Writer

2012

Kill Me

as Director

2005

Molly's Way

as Director

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Call Me Queen

as Writer

-

Call Me Queen

as Director

2016

2016

Desired Children

as Director

2003

Sundays

as Director

2008

The Stranger in Me

as Screenplay

2004

2018

2018

2017

2005

Molly's Way

as Writer

2020

Jackpot

as Director

2004

Asyl

as Director

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