Yasmin Ahmad
Malaysian film director (1958-2009) · Malaysia · On the map · Directors · Died at 51
Yasmin binti Ahmad was a Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter. 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.
Yasmin Ahmad is read about 52 times a day, in 17 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 8 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 142 days, one point a day.
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15MALAYSIAFilm, 2009Director
At the End of DaybreakFilm, 2009
TalentimeFilm, 2009Director, Writer2008
The ConvertFilm, Director, Writer2007
MukhsinFilm, Director, Writer2006FlowerFilm
GubraFilm, 2006Director, Writer2004
Lima Belas Puasa 1971Film, Rosli's wife
SepetFilm, 2004Director, Writer2003MinFilm, teacher
My Failing EyesightFilm, 2003Director, Writer1958Born7 January 1958People around Yasmin
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About this person
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. She was a central figure of the "first" New Wave of Malaysian cinema.
