Malika Zouhali-Worrall

Malika Zouhali-Worrall
Occupation(s)Director, Editor
Known forCall Me Kuchu, Thank You For Playing, Through the Night

Malika Zouhali-Worrall is a British-Moroccan film director and editor.[1]

She is the co-director of the 2012 documentary Call Me Kuchu,[2][3] about Ugandan activist David Kato, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, going on to win the Teddy Award and the Cinema fairbindet Award among others. She is also the co-director, with David Osit of the 2015 documentary Thank You for Playing.[4][5] Osit and Zouhali-Worrall also directed the short film "Games You Can't Win" for The New York Times Op-Docs.[6] Both the feature and short were inspired by the art house video game That Dragon, Cancer. In 2017, Thank You For Playing won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary.[7]

Zouhali-Worrall is also the director of the documentary shorts "Strange Grace: The Art of Amyra Léon", which broadcast on PBS American Masters in 2020,[8] and "Video Visit", a Field of Vision film,[9] which premiered at BlackStar Film Festival and the American Film Institute Film Festival in 2021.[10][11]

She is the editor of the 2020 documentary Through the Night, directed by Loira Limbal, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival,[12] and was named one of The Guardian’s Best Documentaries of 2020.[13]

Zouhali-Worrall is married to Wired journalist Andy Greenberg.[14]

  1. ^ "Bio & Contact".
  2. ^ "Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall". Filmmaker Magazine - Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Call Me Kuchu". 28 August 2012.
  4. ^ POV. "Thank You For Playing | POV | PBS". POV | American Documentary Inc. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Independent Lens Wins Four 2017 News and Documentary Emmys!". Independent Lens. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  6. ^ Osit, David; Zouhali-worrall, Malika (17 March 2016). "Games You Can't Win". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ^ @newsemmys (6 October 2017). "The Emmy for Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary goes to @POVDOCS "Thank You For Playing." #NewsEmmys" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Amyra León: Strange Grace | American Masters | PBS". PBS. 13 October 2020.
  9. ^ @fieldofvision (20 May 2021). "1/ 📽️ We're thrilled to announce the world premiere of VIDEO VISIT, directed and produced by Malika Zouhali-Worrall…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "Blackstar Film Festival 2022". festival.blackstarfest.org. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  11. ^ "AFI FEST 2021 Full Lineup Announced". American Film Institute.
  12. ^ "Through the Night | 2021 Tribeca Festival".
  13. ^ "From corruption to summer camp: The best documentaries of 2020". TheGuardian.com. 30 December 2020.
  14. ^ "About the Author | This Machine Kills Secrets". Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.