# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shirikiana-aina
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:43:35.769Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shirikiana-aina"
name: "Shirikiana Aina"
slug: "shirikiana-aina"
description: "Shirikiana Aina is an American film director, cinematographer, producer, and writer. Shirikiana was born in Detroit, MI. She is a member of the LA Film Rebellion. She founded Mypheduh Films, Inc., a distribution company for independent Pan African Films. The company produced several features from the filmmakers of the LA Film Rebellion. She also co-founded Negod Gwad Productions, a nonprofit film company providing support to indie filmmakers. She has taught courses in script writing and film production at Howard University. She is married to film director Haile Gerima."
tagline: "American film director, cinematographer, producer and writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shirikiana_Aina_-Footprints_of_Pan_Africanism_-_IFFR_2018-1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1955-09-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.403564
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0014664/"
    handle:    "nm0014664"
sources:
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A6%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "شیریکیانا ئاینا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirikiana_Aina"
    title: "Shirikiana Aina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirikiana_Aina"
    title: "Shirikiana Aina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%90%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE"
    title: "ਸ਼ਿਰੀਕੀਆਨਾ ਐਨਾ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61671968"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1693286"
    title: "Shirikiana Aina"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations