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Hamri in 2008, photo by Prphotos
Place of Birth: Tangier, Morocco
Date of Birth: November 19, 1977
Ethnicity: * father – Moroccan * mother – Ashkenazi Jewish
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 .
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.
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.
Source: http://www.slc.edu