Lily Ekimian is an independent filmmaker based in Pittsburgh, PA. She was born in London, UK, to an American mother and Russian father, and was raised in Washington, D.C., and Cairo, Egypt. Ekimian writes and directs with her partner, filmmaker Ahmed T. Ragheb, whom she met in high school. Their work deals heavily with the concepts of identity and place, with a special emphasis on feminism, cultural dislocation, and domestic relationships.
