Biography

Yasmin Mawaz-Khan was born in Los Angeles, CA, to an Iranian mother and a Pakistani father.

She has lived and studied in Iran, Pakistan, and the United States.

She speaks three languages: Farsi, English, Urdu and studied German in high school. She attended UC Santa Cruz and received a B.A. in Film and Digital Media in 2003.

Yasmin currently lives in San Francisco and works as a freelance editor, coordinator and videographer.

She has built large sculptural installations with the Flaming Lotus Girls (www.flaminglotus.com) and has received grants and raised funds for her work in the Fire Blooms project (http://fireblooms.com/) for Ocean Beach.

She has produced many of her own experimental and documentary videos. She is inspired by the process of creation, collaborating with people and seeing a project from concept to completion.