Yasmin Ahmad

   Yasmin Ahmad (7 January 1958 – 25 July 2009) was born in Kampung Bukit Treh in Muar, Johor on 7 January 1958.She was a film director, writer, and scriptwriter.She was born in Kampung Bukit Treh in Muar, Johor, the oldest of three children of a musician father and theater director mother. 
     
    She was educated in England and gained a degree in arts and psychology at Newcastle University. She worked as a trainee banker in 1982 for two weeks then working for IBM before moving into advertising as a copywriter at Ogilvy & Mather. In 1993, she joined the advertising agency Leo Burnett in Kuala Lumpur, where she became an executive creative director and for whom she made ads for Petronas. 
      
   This led to her first feature, Rabun, in 2002. Mukhsin, another  film,  which was probably Ahmad's most appealing film, won an international children's best feature film award.Most of her commercials and films have been screened at the Berlin, San Francisco, Singapore international film festivals and the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.
      

    On Thursday, 23 July 2009, Yasmin suffered a stroke. She was rushed to the Damansara Specialist Hospital where she underwent a surgery to reduce the swelling in her brain. The operation was a success, however, her condition was critical but stable.On Saturday, 25 July 2009, more than 48 hours after the surgery, Yasmin Ahmad succumbed to her injury and was pronounced dead at 11.25 pm.In October 2014, a commemorative museum, Yasmin at Kong Heng space, opened in Ipoh, Malaysia. It features Yasmin's photography, filmography, as well as creations devoted to her by other artists.

Written by : Choong Li Xian