Minhal Baig (/ ˈ m ɪ n h ɑː l ˈ b eɪ ɡ / [1]) is an American director, producer, and writer from Chicago, Illinois. [2] She has written and directed three films, 1 Night, Hala and We Grown Now, and written for the television shows Ramy and Bojack Horseman.

Feb 18, 2025 · Growing up in Rogers Park, Baig, the daughter of Pakistani immigrants, would visit a now-defunct multiplex at the Lincoln Village shopping center to see Bollywood films; her cinephile father...

Minhal Baig is a filmmaker. Her latest feature, We Grown Now, about two boys growing up in a Cabrini-Green high rise when a tragedy irrevocably changes their lives, premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival and awarded the TIFF Changemaker Award.

Oct 18, 2023 · Writer-director Minhal Baig's third feature, "We Grown Now," pays close and eloquent attention to two boys growing up in Chicago's Cabrini-Green housing projects in the 1990s.

Nov 22, 2019 · Minhal Baig joins us to discuss her journey from short film to feature as Hala becomes the first narrative fiction film acquisition for Apple TV+

Contact 〰️ Agents: CAA. Sue Carls (film) & William Brown (TV) 〰️ Manager—Ari Lubet (3 Arts)

She had a two-year overall writing-producing deal in television with Amazon, is a 2022 Sundance Momentum Fellow and participated in the 2022 WGA Showrunner Training Program. She also served as co-executive producer on Criminal, story editor on Bojack Horseman and staff writer on Peabody-award winning half-hour comedy Ramy.

Jan 27, 2020 · In this extensive interview, Musanna Ahmed spoke to Minhal Baig about audience preconceptions of Hala, portraying the diaspora, her family's response, Ms. Marvel and much more.

Minhal Baig is a writer/director. Her feature-length film, Hala, about a Pakistani-American teenager uncovering a secret that threatens to unravel her family, premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and was released by Apple TV.

Oct 9, 2023 · Minhal Baig is a Chicago native whose first film, Hala, screened at the 55th Chicago International Film Festival in 2019. We’re thrilled to present the U.S. Premiere of her next feature, the Chicago-set coming-of-age story We Grown Now , for Opening Night of our 59th Festival.