12 Facts About Yasmin Ahmad

Yasmin binti Ahmad was a Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter.

Yasmin Ahmad was the executive creative director at Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur.

Yasmin Ahmad's work crossed cross-cultural barriers, particularly her ads for Petronas, the national oil and gas company.

Yasmin Ahmad's works have won multiple awards both within Malaysia and internationally.

Yasmin Ahmad was a central figure of the "first" New Wave of Malaysian cinema.

Yasmin Ahmad's films were featured in a special retrospective at the 19th Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2006.

In Singapore, Yasmin Ahmad is best known for the pro-family commercials she created for the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports.

Yasmin Ahmad was inducted into the Malaysian Advertising Hall of Fame by the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia in November 2008.

Yasmin Ahmad was rushed to the Damansara Specialist Hospital where she underwent a neurosurgery procedure to reduce the swelling in her brain.

Bernama quoted her brother-in-law, Zakaria Zahari, as saying that Yasmin Ahmad had suffered a stroke and haemorrhaging in the brain.

The next day, Yasmin Ahmad was laid to rest at the USJ 22 Muslim Cemetery in Subang Jaya, Selangor.

On 7 January 2014, Google paid tribute to Yasmin Ahmad by publishing a Doodle bearing her image.