Sanaa Hamri

Place of Birth: Tangier, Morocco

Date of Birth: November 19, 1977

Ethnicity:*Moroccan (father)*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Sanaa Hamri is a Moroccan-American film, television, and music video director. She has directed the films Something New, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, and Just Wright.

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She was born and raised in Tangier. She is the daughter of Blanche “Blanca,” a teacher and secretary at the American School of Tangier, and Mohammed Hamri, also known as Hamri, a painter and author. Her father was a Moroccan Muslim, from the town of Jajouka, in northern Morocco. Her great-uncle was the leader of the Master Musicians of Joujouka. Her mother is a Jewish American. Her parents were part of the arts community in Tangier.

Sanaa moved to the U.S. to study theatre in her late teens.

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Sanaa has a daughter with attorney Loyst P. Fletcher. She speaks English, French, Spanish, and a Moroccan dialect.

Sanaa’s paternal grandfather was a ceramics artist, who painted his pieces following an ancient tradition.

Sanaa’s paternal grandmother was from the Attar family of Zahjouka musicians.

Sanaa’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Nyland.

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