Director

Arti Ishak

Acting

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Directed credits

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Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

0.3

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 2594116

Known for: Acting

Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2012 - 2025

Years active: 14

Average TMDB rating: 8.15

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Biography

Originally from Detroit, Arti Ishak (they/them) is a Chicago-based actor, director and filmmaker. Most known as Mara McHenry on Dark Matter (Apple TV), you might also recognize them as Monet from Brujos (OTV) or Iman from Born and Raised (OTV). They are also known for their work as a director on short films Shukran Bas (Means of Production), ba la (HF Productions), and HALF (Zaxie Films). Arti is an instructor at Black Box Acting and an adjunct professor at The Theatre School at DePaul University.

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