- Is the first female Saudi filmmaker.
- She's the first woman from Saudi Arabia to direct a feature film. For Haifaa Al Mansour, it wasn't easy being a pioneer. She had to direct the exterior scenes in Riyadh from inside a van, watching the actors on monitors and communicating via walkie-talkie because the country is segregated and women are not supposed to work in public with men.
- She grew up in a small town in Saudi Arabia, the eighth of 12 children.
- Had to e-mail her first short film "Who...?" to her friends and relatives.
- She is from Al Zulfi, Saudi Arabia.
- Studied comparative English literature at the American University in Cairo. She graduated in 1997.
- Member of the 'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) since 2016.
- Her father is a poet.
- Was born on August 10, 1974.
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