Juman Malouf

Juman Malouf
Born (1975-12-05) 5 December 1975
Beirut, Lebanon
Alma materBrown University (BA)
New York University (MFA)
PartnerWes Anderson
ParentHanan al-Shaykh (mother)
Websitejumanmalouf.com

Juman Malouf (born 5 December 1975) is a Lebanese fashion designer, costume designer, illustrator, and author.[1]

Early life and education

Malouf was born in Beirut, Lebanon. She is the daughter of Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh.[2] She was six months old when her family fled to the United Kingdom following the events of the Lebanese Civil War. 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 earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Art and Art History. She later attended New York University Tisch School of the Arts and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in set and costume design.[5]

Career

After graduation, Malouf started her early-aughts cult fashion design company Charlotte Corday.[6] 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.[7] 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

Malouf met her romantic partner, film director Wes Anderson, in 2009. The couple have one child. Malouf splits time between Paris and New York City.[8]

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,[9] later published as a book.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "I'm in love with Wes Anderson's partner Juman Malouf". The Irish Times. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Crocker, Lizzie (8 November 2015). "Meet Juman Malouf—Y.A. Fiction's New Spellbinder And Wes Anderson's Muse". The Daily Beast.
  3. 1 2 Carlos, Marjon (16 December 2015). "This Illustrator Just Might Be the Real-Life Gucci Muse". Vogue.
  4. ↑ Aubry, Alex (5 June 2017). "Juman Malouf's World Of Infinite Possibilities". Harper's Bazaar.
  5. ↑ "About Juman Malouf". The Trilogy of Two.
  6. ↑ Hartman, Eviana (19 October 2015). "The Fabulously Quirky World of Wes Anderson's Partner". nytimes.com. New York Times. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  7. ↑ Madison, Bennett (22 December 2015). "Juman Malouf's 'The Trilogy of Two' and Edwidge Danticat's 'Untwine'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  8. ↑ Carlos, Marjon (16 December 2015). "This Illustrator Just Might Be the Real-Life Gucci Muse". Vogue. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  9. ↑ Feldman, Max L. (15 November 2018). "Wes Anderson and Juman Malouf's Curatorial Debut in Vienna Relives the Moment of First Love". Frieze. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "A book chronicling tiny, bizarre treasures curated by Wes Anderson and Juman Malouf". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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