Rana began her career as an actor, studying at the Moscow Art Theater. From acting she turned to writing and wrote her first screenplay Gibran, based on the life of Kahlil Gibran, which was selected for development by Tribeca All Access (2005); the Middle East Screenwriter’s Lab / Sundance Institute (2005); and MFCB, Cannes (2007). From there she studied directing and was one of eight women selected to attend the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women (2006). Her current projects in development include The Sytuation, which will be produced by John Molloy of Mushroom Pictures, Australia and the short film Ham to be shot in Chicago. Her short films include Kemo Sabe, Exquisite Corpse, Deaf Day and Biznagas. She has also served as a script advisor on the films: The Foolishness Of God (2013) and Three Veils (2011). She holds an MFA in Acting from Carnegie Mellon University.
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