Laïla Marrakchi, born and raised in Casablanca, Morocco, left for Paris at 18 to pursue her studies. Her debut feature film, Marock (2005), was showcased in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival. Her second feature, Rock the Casbah (2013), boasted a stellar cast, including Hiam Abbass, Nadine Labaki, Lubna Azabal, Morjana Alaoui and Omar Sharif. Laïla has also directed two episodes of Damien Chazelle's The Eddy for Netflix and worked on the Franco-Belgian production Opera. She currently lives between Tangier and Paris.