Aisha Ford

Aisha Ford, WRITER/DIRECTOR

Aisha Ford is an award-winning filmmaker with a gift for gracefully humanizing complex issues. With a directing style characterized by empathy and inclusivity, Aisha has a talent for amplifying voices and shining a spotlight on their experiences.

Over the past few years, she has written and directed short films that have screened at multiple Academy Award and BAFTA qualifying film festivals such as Tribeca, American Black Film Festival and HollyShorts. During her time at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Aisha distinguished herself as a rising talent, earning prestigious accolades including the Tisch School of the Arts Dean's Fellowship, the Spike Lee Film Production Grant, and the esteemed NYU Wasserman Award for her captivating second-year short film "Royal.” Additionally, she was honored with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts HBO Scholarship. In recognition of her promising talent, Aisha was selected as one of the distinguished MFAs to represent NYU at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019.

In 2023, she was awarded the Haig Manoogian Production Award and the Roger King Finishing Award for her upcoming film “Brownies.”  Lastly, Aisha directed an award-winning campaign for Dove and Ogilvy, titled "As Early As Five." It follows new research from Dove showing the alarmingly early age at which Black girls experience hair discrimination. Her beautiful direction and delicate depiction of girlhood were praised and rewarded with a busy award season.

Info

asf458@nyu.edu

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