Emmy award-winning producer and director Maryam Ebrahimi was born in Tehran in 1976. She studied Art and Art theory at Art Faculty in Tehran and continued her education in Sweden at Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design. She co-directed the documentary No Burqas Behind Bars (2012), set in an Afghan women’s prison, and produced I Was Worth 50 Sheep (2010), and Prison Sisters (2016). Her latest features are Stronger Than A Bullet (IDFA 2017) and The Phantom Pain of Rojava (CPH:DOX 2026). Maryam is a 2021 Chicken & Egg Award recipient.