Tahani Rached is a Canadian-Egyptian documentary filmmaker. She is best known for her work Four Women of Egypt. She has directed more than 20 documentary films in her career.[1]
Tahani Rached | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Canadian-Egyptian |
Occupation | Filmmaker |
Years active | 1973-present |
Tahani Rached was born on May 16, 1947, in Cairo, Egypt. In 1966, she moved to Montreal to pursue painting. She was a student at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal where she studied painting for two years.[1] She became more involved with the community and thus, turned to filmmaking.[2]
She was hired as a staff filmmaker by Canada's National Film Board in 1981. Rached however, left the Film Board in 2004 to return to Egypt to make films. [3]
In 2023 she was named the recipient of the Prix Albert-Tessier for her career achievements.[4]