Zeresenay Berhane Mehari is an Ethiopian director and producer, born in Addis Ababa and educated in the United States. His debut feature Difret (2014), based on a real case of a fourteen-year-old girl who shoots her kidnapper to escape marriage by abduction, and the lawyer who defends her, won the Audience Award for world cinema drama at Sundance, with Angelina Jolie as executive producer. It was a hit in Ethiopia and was submitted as Ethiopia's Oscar entry.
Filmography
- Difret (2014)