
Directing
Mounia Akl
EN, AR cinema · 11 credits
Born
29 June 1989 (age 37)
Birthplace
Lebanon
Mounia Akl is a Lebanese Director and Writer living between Beirut and New York. Mounia holds a bachelor’s degree in Architecture from ALBA, Lebanon and an MFA in Directing from Columbia University, New York. Apart from her Directing work, Mounia has taught film Directing at the Northwestern University, Chicago and taught a screenwriting Lab at Columbia University where she also was the TA of Richard Peña. Costa Brava, Lebanon (2021) is her first feature film.
Known for
Filmography
Hold Me (If You Want)
Hold Me (If You Want)
Director, Writer

A Sad and Beautiful World
as Yasmina

To Keep Your Vital Organs Warm
Script Editor

Costa Brava, Lebanon
Screenplay, Director

The President's Visit
as Soraya

Lebanon Factory
Director

El Gran Libano
Director

Submarine
Director, Writer, Editor

Bahiya & Mahmoud
as Woman in Blue


