New York-based Malaysian filmmaker Mizz hopes to bring more local content to global market
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- 02 May 2023
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Proving Malaysians can make it big in the international scene: That’s the ultimate goal that New York-based Malaysian filmmaker-singer Mizz (real name: Amira Badawi Kamaluddin) aims to achieve in the long run.
Growing up, Mizz always saw herself shaping up to be in show business.
She attended Garden International School (GIS) in Kuala Lumpur, where she developed her passion for music after joining multiple singing competitions.
She then moved to a boarding school in Britain shortly after, and pursued A-levels in theatre at Hurtwood House in Surrey, where she dabbled in acting and dance.
At 18, she was accepted into New York’s Tisch School Of The Arts. There, she did four years of training in performing arts and two years of screen acting before making a foray into film production and screenwriting.
Mizz aspires to break into the international scene and contribute in putting Malaysia’s name on the map.
“Something I realised is that we have many Malaysian actors, yet there’s not much Malaysian content being showcased in the mainstream market.
“There’s plenty of interesting stories about Malaysia, yet they are being sidelined because no one’s writing about them.
“I figured that by getting into filmmaking, I can try to bring these stories to the Western market,” the 22-year-old said. Read More…
