Amel Guellaty, born in 1988, is a Tunisian director and photographer. Following her law studies at the Sorbonne, she embarked on a career in cinema, initially serving as an assistant on notable feature films such as "Après Mai" by Olivier Assayas, "Foreign Body" by Raja Amari, and "La Blessure" by Abdellatif Kechiche.
In 2017, she made her directorial debut with the short film "Black Mamba" (20 minutes), produced by Atlas Vision. "Black Mamba" garnered significant acclaim, being selected in over 60 international film festivals and winning 15 awards. It was subsequently acquired by Canal+ in France and Canal 5 in Italy. In 2022, Guellaty completed her second short film, "Chitana" (18 minutes), which also received international acclaim.
In 2023, Guellaty embarked on her first feature film, which is currently in post-production.
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In parallel to her work in the cinema, she enrolled in 2014 at the “International Center of Photography” (ICP) in New York and began working for several brands in the fashion world.
Her photographies were published in Magazine such as "Elle France". She made her first solo exhibition "Voyage" in 2014 and fom there participated in several other group exhibitions.
She combines cinema and photography by working on films such as "The Love of Men" by Mehdi Ben Attia.
Amel also directed few commercials, in the middle east, for luxury brands like Dior, Montblanc or IWC.