Former U.S. president Barack Obama has remarked on his daughter Malia’s decision not to use her last name professionally on her filmmaking debut.

The 26-year-old was a staff writer on the Emmy-nominated <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;Prime streaming show Swarm&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14961048/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cred_t_2&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14961048/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cred_t_2" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click">Prime streaming show Swarm</a> last year, and recently became a director with an 18-minute short film titled The Heart. It premiered at the 2023 <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;Toronto International Film Festival&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://tiff.net/events/short-cuts-2023-programme-06&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://tiff.net/events/short-cuts-2023-programme-06">Toronto International Film Festival</a>&nbsp;and has played other festivals since, winning the Young Spirit Award at the Deauville Film Festival in France, and the Best Live Action Short prize at the Chicago International Film Festival.

Former U.S. president tells podcast: "I was all like: You do know they’ll know who you are."{ai:summary}<p>Barack Obama commented on his daughter Malia's choice to omit their last name in her professional work. Malia, 26, has transitioned from staff writer on the series Swarm to director of her short film The Heart, which has received accolades at various film festivals.</p><p>#culture</p>

Is 'stubborn' Malia Obama dropping her famous last name professionally?

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