Hena Ashraf

 

Hena Ashraf is a writer-director whose work disrupts the forced erasures of Indian Muslims, queerness, grief, and working-class migrant life. Born in London to Bihari Muslim parents from India, she spent her early years in the United Kingdom before im/migrating to America. Hena’s work has been supported by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Tribeca Film Institute, the Islamic Scholarship Fund, the Norris Foundation, BAFTA Los Angeles, MPAA, Wasserman, the Adrienne Shelly Foundation, an ISF National Film Grant, Telluride FilmLAB, the Caucus Foundation, Tasveer Film Fund, and more. Her award-winning films have screened at Outfest, Dharamshala, DOC NYC, and dozens of more festivals. Hena has an MFA in Film Directing from UCLA and is based in Los Angeles, working as a director, editor, and a creative/communications consultant. She enjoys music, failing at Muay Thai, and annoying her cats Marco and Mila.