Lena Khan is a film director and writer. She co-wrote and directed ''

The Tiger Hunter ''The Tiger Hunter'' is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Lena Khan, written by Khan and Sameer Gardezi, and starring Danny Pudi, Jon Heder, Rizwan Manji, Karen David, Iqbal Theba, Samuel Page, Parvesh Cheena, Michael McMillian, and Kevin Po ...

'' (2016) and directed the

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'' (2021).

Early life and career

Khan was born in Canada to Indian parents. Khan grew up

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before graduating from UCLA's film school. She is a Muslim. Khan has also written and directed short films. Her directorial debut was ''The Tiger Hunter'', a film partially based on her grandfather who was a tiger hunter. Her second film, ''

'', was released in February 2021.'''' Khan was on the 2020 Alice Initiative's "List of Emerging Female Directors".

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* American film directors American Muslims Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American film directors of Indian descent American screenwriters of Indian descent {{US-film-director-stub