El Hosaini was a trainee to the late renegade theatre director, John Sichel. She began her career in Middle East documentaries and then moved to independent feature films, where she was a production coordinator for many years. She has stated that her work in television documentaries felt "formulaic", and that she found she could be more truthful in fiction.
She was the script editor/specialist researcher of the BAFTA and Emmy Award winning HBO Films/BBC Drama mini-series House of Saddam. She spent 21⁄2 years in research for the series,which won a Grierson Award for best factual drama.
She received a regional BAFTA for her 2008 short film, The Fifth Bowl.
In 2009, her short film Henna Night was officially selected for the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. It was in competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and the Raindance Film Festival.
El Hosaini participated in the 2009 Sundance Directors and Screenwriters Labs, developing My Brother the Devil .
She was named one of Screen International's UK Stars of Tomorrow for 2009.
My Brother the Devil was released theatrically in 12 US cities, May 2013 and had a wide release in UK cinemas, November 2012. Further releases in Canada, Australia, New Zealand & Germany. The film screened at over 40 International Film Festivals, where it received 12 awards, 17 nominations & an Honourable Mention.
As Writer/Director of the film, El Hosaini won the Most Promising Newcomer Award at 2013 Evening Standard Film Awards, Best Screenplay at the 2013 Writer's Guild of Great Britain Awards, the Best Newcomer Award at the 2012 BFI London Film Festival and the UK New Talent Award at the British Women in Film and Television Awards in 2012. She was also nominated for the BIFADouglas Hickox award for Best Debut Film at the British Independent Film Awards and the Sutherland Trophy (Best First Film) at BFI London Film Festival.
She has been profiled by The Guardian,BBC America,IndieWire and Variety who named her a 2014 'Brit to Watch'.
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