Aisha Amin is a filmmaker based in New York City. A graduate of Columbia University’s MFA Screenwriting program, she works across narrative, experimental, and documentary forms to explore themes of motherhood, generational memory, and the immigrant experience.

Her short films have screened and won awards at Academy Qualifying festivals like Palm Springs ShortFest, Slamdance, New Hampshire Film Festival, River Run and BAM, and have been recognized as Vimeo Staff Picks. Her screenplays have been supported by the Black List, Women in Film, Cine Qua Non Lab, the NYFA Artist Fellowship, and The Gotham’s Series Creator Fellowship. She was selected for The Shed’s Open Call in 2021, where her sound and video installation was exhibited, and has worked as an archival producer and editor on several documentaries. She is currently working on her debut feature film.