Jehane Noujaim began her career as a photographer and filmmaker in Cairo, Egypt. She attended Harvard University and was awarded the Gardiner Fellowship. She then joined the MTV news and documentary division as a producer for the series Unfiltered. Noujaim left her producing job at MTV to produce and direct Startup.Com, which played as part of Sundance's documentary competition in 2001. justvision.org
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California Film Institute: Control Room - Review of Egyptian-American filmmaker Jehane Noujaim's documentary about the Al Jazeera network, and whether America is radicalizing or stabilizing the Arab world. dmoz.org/Arts/Movies/Titles/C/Control_Room/
CONTROL ROOM will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday January 22, 2004 5:30PM at the Prospector Theater Visit ControlRoomMovie.com for more information www.noujaimfilms.com/
In this hopeful talk, 2006 TED Prize winner Jehane Noujaim unveils her wish: a global acceptance of diversity, mediated through the power of film. www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=j_noujaim