Maryam Touzani (Arabic: مريم التوزاني; born 18 July 1980; Tangier) is a Moroccan filmmaker and actress. She is best known as the director of critically acclaimed film Adam. Touzani was born in 1980 in Tangier. In 2003, she obtained Master's degree in Media Communication and Journalism in London. Then she began her career as a journalist with a focus on cinema. She is married to a fellow Franco-Moroccan filmmaker Nabil Ayouch.