Jordan
Director
Sawsan Darwaza is a theatre and film director who works on collective projects. She started her career as a filmmaker, introducing the audio-visual medium of film and video within her theatre pieces. She is also now director and managing partner of a production company named Mir’at Media Productions in Amman, Jordan, as well as the creative director of Al Ma3mal 612 Think Factory. Born in Syria, she spent a large part of her life in Beirut and Damascus, where she studied theatre and French literature until 1984. In 1985 she moved to Amman and worked as an independent producer and director. She is also the president of the International Theatre Institute (ITI) (UNESCO Jordan Centre) and the head director of Karama Human Rights Film Festival.
