Sanaa Hamri

Sanaa Hamri
Born (1977-11-19) November 19, 1977 (age 46)
Tangier, Morocco
Alma materAmerican School of Tangier
Occupation(s)Film director, music video director, television director, television producer
Years active2000–present
Known forMusic videos, Empire
Notable workSomething New
Children1
Parent(s)Mohamed Hamri
Blanca Hamri

Sanaa Hamri (Arabic: سناء حمري; born November 19, 1977)[1] is a Moroccan-American film, television, and music video director.[2] She has directed music videos for musicians including Prince, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, and Sting. She is known for her 2010 film Just Wright and the 2008 movie The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, as well as for her music video for the Nicki Minaj song "Super Bass".[3] Hamri made her directorial debut in 2006 with the romantic comedy Something New.

Scholar Shelley Cobb has credited Hamri's work as "[offering] alternative representations of black women that productively engage with and even challenge usual stereotypes, even as they use and conform to mainstream cinematic conventions".[4]: 157 

  1. ^ "Sanaa C Hamri – United States Public Records". FamilySearch. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference DGA-JustWrite-2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cartier, Nina (2014). "Black Women On-Screen as Future Texts: A New Look at Black Pop Culture Representations". Cinema Journal. 53 (4): 150–157. doi:10.1353/cj.2014.0050. JSTOR 43653683. S2CID 55123987.
  4. ^ Cobb, Shelley; Palmer, R. Barton (2016). "BLACK WOMEN, ROMANCE AND THE INDIEWOOD ROM COMS OF SANAA HAMRI". Indie Reframed. Women's Filmmaking and Contemporary American Independent Cinema. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 154–168. ISBN 978-1-4744-0392-4. JSTOR 10.3366/j.ctt1g0529f.15.