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Yasmin Ahmad

ヤスミン・アハマド　/　やすみん・あはまど

Screenwriter from Malaysia

January 7, 1958 – July 25, 2009　・　Kampung Bukit Treh, Malaysia

screenwriter
film director
film producer

My Take

Yasmin Ahmad strikes me as one of the great storytellers to emerge from Malaysia. As creative director at Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur, she turned the relentless world of advertising into something tender, most famously with her Petronas commercials that moved an entire nation. What I find remarkable is how effortlessly her work crossed ethnic and religious lines in a multicultural country, choosing warmth over division. Her films carried that same humane touch. Educated at Newcastle University, she poured a worldly sensibility back into homegrown narratives. Losing her in 2009 at just 51 was a tragedy, but the warmth she left behind has clearly outlasted her.

Overview

Yasmin binti Ahmad (7 January 1958 – 25 July 2009) was a Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter. She was the executive creative director at Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur. Her television commercials and films are well known in Malaysia for being humorous and touching. Her work crossed cross-cultural barriers, particularly her ads for Petronas, the national oil and gas company.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Yasmin Ahmad
Name (Japanese): ヤスミン・アハマド
Reading: やすみん・あはまど
Born: January 7, 1958 – July 25, 2009
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Dog
Origin: Kampung Bukit Treh, Malaysia
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: screenwriter / film director / film producer / actor / director

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Newcastle University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8F%E3%83%9E%E3%83%89

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