Yasmin Ahmad
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Yasmin Ahmad (born January 1958 – July 9, 2009) was a Malaysian film producer, writer, and scriptwriter.
She was the executive creative director of Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur.
Her television commercials and films are well-known in Malaysia for being both amusing and touching.
Her career crossed cultural boundaries, particularly her advertisements for Petronas, the national oil and gas corporation.
Her works have received multiple accolades both within Malaysia and internationally.
Her films in Malaysia were highly criticized due to their depiction of events and relationships, which have been deemed 'forbidden' by social conservatives, particularly hard-line interpretations of Islam.
Early life
On January 7, 1958, Yasmin was born in Kampung Bukit Treh, Johor. She worked as a trainee banker for two weeks and then joined IBM as a marketing representative after graduating with a degree in arts majoring in politics and psychology from Newcastle University in England. In the meantime, she moonlights as a blues singer and pianist by night. Yasmin began her career in advertising as a copywriter at Ogilvy & Mather in 1993 and then moved to Leo Burnett as joint creative director with Ali Mohammed, eventually rising to executive creative director at the firm's Kuala Lumpur branch.
Career
Rabun was her first feature-length film in 2002. Mukhsin received an international children's best feature film award as well as a special mention in the children's film category. The majority of her commercials and films have been shown at the Berlin, San Francisco, Singapore international film festivals, and the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival (not to be confused with the other Cannes Film Festival). In October 2006, her films were included in a special retrospective at the 19th Tokyo International Film Festival. The Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hawaii, and the Honolulu Academy of Arts sponsored her in April 2007 for her retrospective films. Yasmin is best known for her pro-family advertisements she created for the Ministry of Community Development, Youth, and Sports in Singapore. In November 2008, Yasmin was inducted into the Malaysian Advertising Hall of Fame by the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia. "Go, Thaddeus," Yasmin was filming in Singapore for her first feature film. When she died, she was a child of the Holocaust. Based on Belinda Wee's book, "Running the full distance: Thaddeus Cheong" is supposed to be an inspiring film for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games. The book was about a 17-year-old National triathlete from Singapore who died after winning the 2007 Southeast Asian Games time trial.