Yasmin Ahmad
- January 5, 2024
- Director
Quick Facts
Yasmin Ahmad Biography
| Name | Yasmin Ahmad |
| Birthday | Jan 7 |
| Birth Year | 1958 |
| Birth Country | Malaysia |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
| Siblings | Datin Orked Ahmad, Muzaffar Shah |
| Spouse | Tan Yew Leong |
Yasmin Ahmad is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on January 7, 1958 in Malaysia. Malaysian scriptwriter and film director who won many awards, including the Best Director award at the 2009 Malaysia Film Festival.
In 2009, she suffered a stroke while attending a meeting of She suffered a stroke in 2009 while attending a meeting with local artist Siti Nurhaliza..
Yasmin Ahmad (7 January 1958 – 25 July 2009) was a film director, writer and scriptwriter from Malaysia. She was the executive creative director at Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur. Her television commercials and films are well-known in Malaysia for being humorous and touching. Her work crossed cross-cultural barriers, particularly her ads for Petronas, the national oil and gas company. Her works have won multiple awards both within Malaysia and internationally. In Malaysia, her films were highly controversial due to their depiction of events and relationships, which have been considered ‘forbidden’ by social conservatives, especially hard-line interpretations of Islam.
Her first feature-length film was Rabun in 2002. Mukhsin won an international children’s best feature film award and a special mention under the children’s film category. Most of her commercials and films have been screened at the Berlin, San Francisco, Singapore international film festivals and the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival (not to be confused with the other Cannes Film Festival). Her films were featured in a special retrospective at the 19th Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2006. An April 2007 retrospective of her feature films was sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hawaii, and the Honolulu Academy of Arts. In Singapore, Yasmin is best known for the pro-family commercials she created for the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports. Yasmin was inducted into the Malaysian Advertising Hall of Fame by the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia on November 2008. Yasmin was working on her first feature film to be filmed in Singapore, titled “Go, Thaddeus!” when she died. This was to be an inspirational film for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, based on the book, “Running the full distance: Thaddeus Cheong” by Belinda Wee. The book was about a 17-year-old National triathlete from Singapore who died after completing the 2007 Southeast Asian Games time trial.
From 2003 to her death in 2009, she was married to Tan Yew Leong.
Yasmin Ahmad Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Director |
| House | Living in own house. |
Yasmin Ahmad is one of the richest Director from Malaysia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yasmin Ahmad 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She received her degree in arts from Newcastle University, England. In 1982 she worked as a trainee banking officer.
She was also the executive creative director of She also worked as executive creative director at Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur. Kuala Lumpur.
Yasmin was born in Kampung Bukit Treh in Muar, Johor on 7 January 1958. A graduate in arts majoring in politics and psychology from Newcastle University in England, she worked as a trainee banker in 1982 for two weeks and then worked for IBM as a marketing representative. Meanwhile, she moonlighted as a blues singer and pianist by night. Yasmin began her career in advertising as a copywriter at Ogilvy & Mather and in 1993 she moved to Leo Burnett as joint creative director with Ali Mohammed, eventually rising to executive creative director at the firm’s Kuala Lumpur branch.
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Who is Yasmin Ahmad Dating?
According to our records, Yasmin Ahmad married to Tan Yew Leong. As of December 1, 2023, Yasmin Ahmad’s is not dating anyone.
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In October 2014, a commemorative museum, named Yasmin at Kong Heng, opened in Ipoh, Malaysia. It features Yasmin’s photography, filmography, as well as creations dedicated to her by other artists. There are plans to create an augmented reality series for the museum, using the city’s landmarks where Yasmin shot her films.
Facts & Trivia
Yasmin Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Malaysia. Yasmin Ahmad celebrates birthday on January 7 of every year.
How did Yasmin Ahmad died?
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian film director Yasmin Ahmad, whose films about inter-racial romance and religious attitudes sparked controversy in the mostly Muslim country, has died, local media reported on Sunday. Yasmin, 51, died from a brain haemorrhage late on Saturday, media reports said.
Where was Yasmin Ahmad born?
Kampung Bukit Treh, Muar, Malaysia
Where is Yasmin Ahmad?
Renowned Malaysian writer-director Yasmin Ahmad passed away last Saturday after suffering a stroke and brain haemorrhage. She was 51. Her burial was held at 1pm, Sunday, in accordance with Muslim tradition that calls for bodies to be buried before sundown on the day of death.
Is sepet sequel of mukhsin?
ABSTRACT Sepet (2004), the sequel Gubra (2006), and prequel Mukhsin (2006) , directed by Yasmin Ahmad, narrate the three major relationships of Orked, a Muslim girl in Malaysia negotiating them at different points in her life.
Where can I watch sepet?
That’s because it’s streaming on the Great Little Stories YouTube channel. You didn’t misread that. You can watch Sepet in its entirety for one week only. And if that isn’t good enough for you, you can even pose questions to the film’s cast and production team in the comments section.