---
name: "Idil Ibrahim"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/idil-ibrahim"
fi1m_id: "idil-ibrahim"
imdb_id: "nm2685554"
tmdb_id: 1285168
wikidata_id: "Q16211105"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T18:59:23.994326+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Idil Ibrahim

## Identity

Idil Ibrahim

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/idil-ibrahim
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** idil-ibrahim
- **IMDb ID:** nm2685554
- **TMDB ID:** 1285168
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16211105
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idil_Ibrahim, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16211105, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2685554/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1285168

Writer. Born 1 January 1950 in California.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, California
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idil_Ibrahim, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16211105, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2685554/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1285168

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Little America*](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Idil Ibrahim is a Somali-American filmmaker, writer and director. She graduated with a BA from the University of California, Berkeley in 2002 and attended New York University for graduate studies.

She is known for her short films *Sega* (2018), which she wrote, directed and produced, and *In Her Element* (2023). She co-wrote the teleplay for the *Little America* episode "Camel on a Stick" (2022) with Lee Eisenberg and served as consulting producer on the series, sharing a Humanitas Prize nomination. She has also acted, including in *Fishing Without Nets* (2014).

*Sources: imdb.com, idilibrahim.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Little America* (2020), Fi1m 82, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *In Her Element* (2023), Director
- *Little America* (2020), series, Teleplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md)
- *Fishing Without Nets* (2014), as Idil

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- OkayAfrica 100 Women 2018: OkayAfrica 100 Women (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/idil-ibrahim