Rahma Farahat was born to a Saudi father and German mother and was raised in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with her five older siblings. She had an interest in colors and design from a young age, from designing and building her own doll house furniture, to making stylized home videos with her siblings.

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Rahma moved to California in 2008 and acquired a degree in Cinematography from California State University, Long Beach. She then went on to pursue a Master’s degree in Production Design from Chapman University. She earned her MFA in 2016, after completing work on two thesis films: All Quiet on the Homefront a short biopic set in the 1920’s, and Rocket a Student Academy Award winning film set in the 1950’s world of dirt track racing.

Since then, Rahma has worked in the Art Department on a variety of shows, such as Bullet Train, Winning Time and Margo's Got Money Troubles. Currently, she is working as an Art Director in Los Angeles, California.