The Emmy award-winning producer and director Maryam Ebrahimi was born in Tehran in 1976. She studied Art and Art theory in Tehran and continued her education in Sweden in "Art in the Public Realm" at Konstfck. She later started to work as a producer, director and researcher in the documentary field. She co-directed and produced Nima Film’s 2012 documentary "No Burqas Behind Bars", set in an Afghan women’s prison and directed the short documentary "Susie’s Dollhouse" for Swedish broadcaster SVT. For Nima Film Maryam also produced "I Was Worth 50 Sheep" (2010) filmed in Afghanistan, "Those Who Said No" (2014) filmed in Iran, Sweden and Japan and "Prison Sisters" filmed in Sweden and Afghanistan. Her last feature documentary as director is "Stronger than a Bullet". The film was shot in the border between Iran and Iraq and premiered at IDFA 2017. “Born to Struggle”, shot in Rohingya refugee camp, was her last project with Nimafilm. She is currently shooting her new documentary The "Phantom Pain of Rojava", a film about a women's revolution in northern Syria, produced by Mantaray Film. Maryam won the Chicken & Egg Award 2021, an award for women nonfiction filmmakers. She has a deep knowledge of visual storytelling as well as extensive experience in location shooting.