Alia Yunis, born in Chicago, is a Palestinian American writer and filmmaker who has worked across all media on projects around the globe. She has produced several short films, and co-directed MAN HUNT in 2004, which became a Valentine's Day Special in the Oxygen Channel in the USA. THE GOLDEN HARVEST is her first film as a solo director. It won Best of the Fest at the 2019 Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival and got Official Selection at the 2019 Thessaloniki International Film Festival.