Juman Malouf (born 1975) is a Lebanese costume designer, illustrator and author.[1]
Juman Malouf | |
|---|---|
| Born | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Alma mater | Brown University (BA) |
| Partner | Wes Anderson |
| Children | 1 |
| Mother | Hanan al-Shaykh |
Early life and education
editMalouf was born in 1975 in Beirut, Lebanon, the daughter of Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh.[2] She was six months old when her family fled the Lebanese Civil War to London. They spent two years in London before moving to Saudi Arabia, where her father, construction engineer Fouad Malouf, was based. They spent six years in Khobar, before moving back to London.[3][4]
Malouf attended Brown University where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Art and Art History. She later attended New York University Tisch School of the Arts and received a Master of Fine Arts degree in set and costume design.[5]
Career
editAfter graduation, Malouf started her knitwear line Charlotte Corday. She also worked as an assistant to the stylist Yvonne Sporre, before turning her full attention to illustration.[3]
Malouf's first book, The Trilogy of Two, is a children's fantasy novel published in 2018 by Pushkin Press.[6] She worked on Trilogy for about six years, while also collaborating on Wes Anderson’s films The Grand Budapest Hotel and Moonrise Kingdom.
Personal life
editMalouf met her romantic partner, film director Wes Anderson, in 2009. The couple had their first child in 2016. They live in London and occasionally New York.[7] Malouf voiced a minor role in Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox. Malouf and Anderson also co-curated the exhibition Spitzmaus Mummy in a Coffin and other Treasures, at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna,[8] later published as a book.[9]
Her brother is Tarek Malouf, author and founder of Hummingbird Bakery.[7]
References
edit- ^ "I'm in love with Wes Anderson's partner Juman Malouf". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ Crocker, Lizzie (November 8, 2015). "Meet Juman Malouf—Y.A. Fiction's New Spellbinder And Wes Anderson's Muse". The Daily Beast.
- ^ a b Carlos, Marjon (December 16, 2015). "This Illustrator Just Might Be the Real-Life Gucci Muse". Vogue.
- ^ Aubry, Alex (June 5, 2017). "Juman Malouf's World Of Infinite Possibilities". Harper's Bazaar.
- ^ "About Juman Malouf". The Trilogy of Two.
- ^ Madison, Bennett (2015-12-22). "Juman Malouf's 'The Trilogy of Two' and Edwidge Danticat's 'Untwine'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ a b Crocker, Lizzie (2015-11-08). "Meet Juman Malouf—Y.A. Fiction's New Spellbinder And Wes Anderson's Muse". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ Feldman, Max L. (2018-11-15). "Wes Anderson and Juman Malouf's Curatorial Debut in Vienna Relives the Moment of First Love". Frieze. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ "A book chronicling tiny, bizarre treasures curated by Wes Anderson and Juman Malouf". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 2023-10-31.