Farah X

Farah was born in Nashville, Tennessee and grew up in Los Angeles, California. In 1995, she modeled in London and Paris before returning to Los Angeles to attend the USC School of Cinematic Arts undergraduate program.^[1] In 2005, she joined Sunset Edit as their only female editor. She has worked with singers such as Prince, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé and Rapsody.^[6][7] In 2006, she directed a segment for the feature documentary Dropped.^[8] In 2015, Farah directed a piece for Mariah Carey’s Infinity.^[9]

In 2019, Farah directed a music video for Rapsody's Oprah, featuring Leikeli47 and Reyna Biddy, which won Best Music Video at the Urbanworld Film Festival in 2020.^[10][11] Farah co-directed The Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion, along with Lisa Cortes, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.^[12] It also won six Best Documentary awards including at the Sidewalk Film Festival and Milwaukee Film Festival.^[13][14]

In 2021, Farah directed a five episode online series, SeeHer: Multiplicity, which won a Gracie award for Original Programming in 2022.^[15] The series also won 2022 gold and silver Telly awards.^[16]

She directed an episode for Hulu's Documentary Series Rap Caviar Presents in conjunction with Spotify.^[17]

Farah collaborated with Beyoncé on Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé.^[18] Most recently, Farah directed the documentary for Stray Kids: The Dominate Experience film, which debuted as the number one film globally on its opening weekend and made history as the first K-pop concert film to ever reach #1 at the box office.^[19][20]