Who Is Juman Malouf? Is She The Wife Of Wes Anderson? Know Her Married Life, Career & Other Facts

Wes Anderson, known for directing films like Moonrise Kingdom, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and The Grand Budapest Hotel, is married to a writer, illustrator, costume designer, and voice actress Juman Malouf. The couple has been together since the late 2000s, though little is known about their exact relationship timeline. Despite this, Juman and Wes have been each other’s constant supporters in both their personal and professional lives. Juman has also collaborated with her husband on several projects.

One could argue that Malouf played a significant role in giving Anderson’s movies their dreamy, slightly ominous, children’s book-like theme (in terms of visuals). Continue reading to learn more about the couple’s other relationship facts, as well as how they actually became husband and wife.

The Couple Dated For Several Years Before Their Marriage

As previously mentioned, Juman dated Anderson for a long time before they got married in the middle to late 2010s. According to reports, Anderson and his wife, Malouf, have been dating for more than 15 years. The Daily Beast claims that the two connected through mutual friends and first met around 2007. Malouf was beginning to draft her first novel at this time. Contrarily, some sources assert that the Texas-born director and Juman first met in the late 1990s.

Aderson and his wife haven’t yet revealed the first stories, though. The couple hasn’t even said when they actually got married. They frequently travel, but their primary residence is in Paris. The couple also has a temporary residence in New York. Malouf and Wes Anderson, who is also a filmmaker, have collaborated on a number of projects.

Anderson & His Wife Are The Parents Of One Child

Wes and Juman also have a daughter named Freya who they welcomed in 2016. In choosing a name for their daughter, the Anderson couple was inspired by the main character of the 1940s movie The Mortal Storm.

Malouf Was Born In Lebanon; Know Her Parents & Early Life

Malouf, Anderson’s wife, is from Lebanon. Juman was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1975. But she was raised in London, England. She is the offspring of renowned Lebanese author Hanan al-Shaykh and engineer Fouad Malouf. Tarek, Malouf’s elder brother, is also present.

After the Lebanese Civil War began, she and her family were forced to leave their country. They started out in Saudi Arabia. The future Mrs. Anderson was only a few months old at the time.

Later, the family made its home in London. Juman also spent numerous summers in Antibes, France, in the early 1980s with her maternal grandmother. Malouf, the wife of Wes Anderson, however, experienced identity issues as a result of displacement while in England.

As a result, she identified as American and went to an American school in London. She nevertheless became fascinated by French and British history, particularly the fashion of the Victorian era. Her mother’s writing style also gave her a Dickensian sense of humor.

Anderson’s Wife Juman Is A Brown University Graduate

Malouf relocated to the US to pursue her further education, and it was there that Anderson’s spouse attended Brown University and received a BA in fine arts and art history. Juman later pursued an MFA in set and costume design at the Tisch School of the Arts. Malouf has created designs and illustrations over the years for theater, movies, and clothing in both the US and Europe.

Malouf began creating theater designs while living in New York. Juman Malouf started her career as a set designer for different theaters in New York as a result, following the completion of her Master’s in set and costume design. She soon discovered, though, that she much preferred working on her own ideas to executing someone else’s.

As a result, Wes Anderson’s wife Juman joined forces with Jen Mankins and Jonathan Schmitt in the early 2000s. Charlotte Corday is an independent fashion line founded by the three of them. But Malouf would discover later that the industry lacked the breadth of theater.

Juman Has Collaborated With Her Husband, Wes Anderson

Juman initially hesitated to write but eventually took it up in the late 2000s and found it to be an enriching and empowering experience. She went on to collaborate with her then-boyfriend and now husband, director Wes Anderson, on several of his films.

Juman, a Middle Eastern-born illustrator, has worked in the art department for films such as The Grand Budapest Hotel, Young Ones, and Moonrise Kingdom. As a Brown University graduate, she also lent her voice as Agnes in the 2009 film Fantastic Mr. Fox.

The celebrity spouse with raven hair provided the voice for Agnes in her husband’s film “The Fantastic Mr. Fox” and created the album covers for “Moonrise Kingdom.” For “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” she also created character sketches, which her director husband used to set the tone on set and was also incorporated into the script. Anderson also frequently worked with Luke Wilson and Owen Wilson on his films.

How Is Juman As An Author?

2015 saw the release of Wes’ wife Juman’s debut book, The Trilogy of Two, which featured her own intricate pencil drawings as illustrations. Despite her reservations about beginning her writing career later in life, the book was well received and made TIME Magazine’s list of the “Top 10 Children’s Books of 2015.”

Malouf claims that she discovered her true calling in writing. She once claimed that her mother’s sense of style and her grandmother’s ability to tell stories inspired her writing. In November 2018, Juman worked as the curator at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria, alongside her spouse. The couple displayed about 400 items during a month-long exhibition called “Spitzmaus Mummy in a Coffin and Other Treasures.”

Anderson’s Past Affairs: Was He Dating Anyone Before Juman?

Anderson had never been in an open relationship with anyone prior to meeting his wife Juman Malouf. He never disclosed to the media that he was in a relationship or who his girlfriend was. The ongoing, intensely private marriage with Malouf hasn’t changed for the American filmmaker.