Iram Qureshi
British Film Director
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Iram Qureshi is a British film and TV producer, director and media academic. She is the recipient of 1st Indus Drama Awards and PTV Awards.[2] Iram has also been an Assistant Examiner at the University of Cambridge since 2011 and a Senior Lecturer at the Ravensbourne University, London.[3]
Iram Qureshi | |
|---|---|
| Other name | Iram Kamran Qureshi |
| Occupations | Film & TV Producer, Director, and Media Academic |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouse | Kamran Qureshi (m. 2002-present)[1] |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Brunel University London |
| Thesis | The Stranger Left No Card: A Critical Analysis of Wendy Toye’s work as a Woman Director in British Cinema and Television. (2020) |
Academic advisors | Paul Moody and Leon Hunt |
Education
Qureshi did her television production internship, a part of her MSc in Communication Sciences at Combine media in 2000.[4]
Career
She is the founder of KQ Movies,[5] a London-based film production company and the MD of Evergreen Productions.[1] Apart from her career as a film and television producer, she has also been an assistant examiner at the University of Cambridge since 2011.[3] Her PhD in Film and Television titled, The Stranger Left No Card: A Critical Analysis of Wendy Toye's work as a Woman Director in British Cinema and Television, was archival research and the first sustained analysis of a pioneering woman director from 1950s British cinema, at Brunel University London.[6][7] Currently, she is working on a WWI period drama The Woman with the Torch - Elsie Inglis' War on the life of Elsie Maud Inglis, the founder of Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service.
Filmography
| Name | Role | Type | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Only Love Matters | Producer & Associate Director | Feature film | |
| Beyond the Silence of the Sea | Director & producer | TV documentary | [8] |
| Ishq Ki Inteha | Director | TV series | [9] |
| Nestlé Nesvita Women of Strength '09 | Director | TV talk show | |
| Nestlé Nido Young Stars | Director | TV talk show | |
| Sarkar Sahab | Director | TV series | |
| Manzil | Co-director | TV series | |
| Maa Aur Mamta | Producer | TV series | |
| Moorat | Associate director | TV series | |
| Murad (film) | Associate producer | TV film | |
| Ariel Mothers | Producer | TV Talk Show | |
| Riyasat | Co-director | TV series | |
| Meharun Nisa | Producer | TV series |
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Role | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1st Indus Drama Awards | Best Producer Series | Maa Aur Mamta (Motherhood) | Producer | Won | [10][11] |
| 2003 | Indus Telefilm Festival | Best TV Film | Murad | Producer | Won | |
| 2002 | PTV Awards | Best Talk Show Award | Ariel Mothers | Producer | Won | [12] |
Academic theses
- Qureshi, Iram Kamran (2020). The stranger left no card: a critical analysis of Wendy Toye's work as a woman director in British cinema and television. OCLC 1203044451.