Kamran Qureshi

Kamran Qureshi is an award-winning British Film/Television Director, Scholar and Doctoral Researcher. He is the recipient of Best TV Film, Best Director Series, Best TV Series, Best Talk Show Award as well as four time nominee for Best TV Director series and a nomination for Best TV Producer series at the Lux Style Awards. Kamran teaches MA Film, Television and Creative Practice at the School of Art, Media and American Studies, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. Besides this, he is currently engaged with the first-ever doctoral study that combines theoretical readings on the representation of intersex people with professional practice in Film, TV and Media research. His education includes the study of economics, international relations, advertising, marketing followed by formal training in filmmaking from UK premier film schools including the National Film & Television School; London Film School and London Film Academy. He is a founding member of KQ Movies Ltd and Evergreen Media Europe Ltd. In 2002, Kamran won the Best TV Talk Show Award for Ariel Mothers - a topical discussion show about motherhood, that was sponsored by Procter & Gamble. One of Kamran's most critically successful films--Murad (Desire), which dealt with the motherhood of an intersex person, won Best Director and Best Telefilm Award at the Indus Telefilm Festival, 2003. It also won a Special Award for Acting at the First Indus Drama Awards 2005. Kamran's 32-part television drama series Moorat (Idol), which depicted the lives of intersex and transgender characters, won several nominations at the 4th Lux Style Awards, 2005, including Best Director and Best TV Drama Serial. At the 2005 Indus Drama Awards, his fictional television film series Maa Aur Mamta (Motherhood), won six awards including Best Film Series & Director. The following year, Kamran directed television drama Riyasat (Kingdom of Hearts) which won Best TV Series Award at the 5th Lux Style Awards in 2006, along with Best Director and several other nominations. Kamran and his co-producer Raheel Rao were both nominated for Best Producer Award at the 9th Lux Style Awards for the TV series Ishq Ki Inteha (Unbounded Love, 2010). Other notable mentions include the weekly TV Talk Shows Nestlé Nido Young Stars (2008), Nesvita Women of Strength (2009) and TV series such as Makan (Home a Heaven, 2007) Sarkar Sahab (Evicted Lord, 2008), Choti Si Kahani (A Small Story, 2011) and Mushrik (Polytheist, 2017). Besides directing and producing, Kamran has also worked as a Digital video effects designer, Editor, Aerial/handheld camera operator as well as a Crane and Jib operator. Kamran's wife, Iram Qureshi, is also a director/producer and she is currently studying British Cinema for her PhD (2020). Together, they live in London with their three lovely daughters.