Amrou Al-Kadhi is a British-Iraqi writer, filmmaker, and performer. Their directorial debut feature film LAYLA premiered in competition at Sundance and was picked up for UK release through Curzon, and sold to Hulu in the US . Amrou has several other feature films in development in both the UK and US, one with Emerald Fennell as producer. They adapted their Harper Collins memoir LIFE AS A UNICORN for Universal Studios / The Forge Entertainment, and are adapting novel THE EXES for Fifth Season.