Gigi Hozimah
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Gigi Hozimah is a Saudi filmmaker and director based in America. Her most notable features are "He Belongs To Us," (2017) a psychological horror film, and "That Abandoned Place" (2021), an arthouse drama.
Born into a large family and the youngest of 10 siblings, Hozimah lost both parents while still a teenager. She was allowed to study film abroad in England on the condition her oldest brother accompany her - neither of them speaking English at that time. Afterward, and with support from her sister, Hozimah graduated with a Bachelors in Television and Video production from Southhampton University and then continued her studies at Kingston University, earning a Masters in Filmmaking.
First an on-screen television presenter for Al Alamia TV in London, England, Hozimah moved overseas to New York City to start her career in filmmaking. There, she founded Look At The Wall Productions, named for a wall in her studio apartment adorned with movie posters from which she drew her artistic inspiration.
Her feature film debut, "He Belongs To Us," was released to a warm reception in 2019. One critic described her as "One of a kind of her generation...the first Saudi film director to make an art house horror film." In 2021, Hozimah was named an "Inspirational Woman in Hollywood" by Authority Magazine.
Her sophomore feature, "That Abandoned Place," also garnered several positive reviews among film circles, and was awarded Best Sound Design at the 9th Annual Saudi Film Festival in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Born into a large family and the youngest of 10 siblings, Hozimah lost both parents while still a teenager. She was allowed to study film abroad in England on the condition her oldest brother accompany her - neither of them speaking English at that time. Afterward, and with support from her sister, Hozimah graduated with a Bachelors in Television and Video production from Southhampton University and then continued her studies at Kingston University, earning a Masters in Filmmaking.
First an on-screen television presenter for Al Alamia TV in London, England, Hozimah moved overseas to New York City to start her career in filmmaking. There, she founded Look At The Wall Productions, named for a wall in her studio apartment adorned with movie posters from which she drew her artistic inspiration.
Her feature film debut, "He Belongs To Us," was released to a warm reception in 2019. One critic described her as "One of a kind of her generation...the first Saudi film director to make an art house horror film." In 2021, Hozimah was named an "Inspirational Woman in Hollywood" by Authority Magazine.
Her sophomore feature, "That Abandoned Place," also garnered several positive reviews among film circles, and was awarded Best Sound Design at the 9th Annual Saudi Film Festival in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
