Fowzia Fathima

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Fowzia Fathima
Born
Alma mater Film and Television Institute of India
Occupation(s)Cinematographer, film director
Years active1998–present
Known for Mitr, My Friend
SpousePradeep Cherian
Children2
AwardsKerala State Television Award (2015)

Fowzia Fathima is an Indian film cinematographer, producer, academic and director. Fowzia is known for her cinematography on feature films such as Mitr, My Friend 2012, Gulumaal: The Escape 2009 and Uyir 2006. She is an intuitive practitioner of Cinematography [1] across media technologies, a hands-on Academic with an eye trained in history of art practices along with a wide range of experience in Film Production and Teaching in contemporary cinema based in India. [2]

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Fowzia Fathima, an alumnus of Film and Television Institute of India, [3] has also worked as professor and head of department of cinematography at SRFTI and has directed short film Infected that screened at Busan International Film Festival. [4] Fowzia is the founder of “ Indian Women Cinematographers Collective" connecting most practicing professionals in the country today, a forum that functions as a peer group to share experiences and lead founded 2017. [5]

Career

Started career as an assistant to P.C. Sreeram, Fowzia made her debut as an independent camera person with the Revathi directed film Mitr, My Friend , along with an all female technical crew. [1] Fowzia is also the first ever independent woman cinematographer in Malayalam cinema as well as the force behind Indian Women Cinematographers' collective. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Filmography

As director of photography

YearFilmLanguageNotes
2024 Train Tamil
2015Aggedu NayagaMalayalamShort Film-Kerala state Television Award for best Cinematography
2013InfectedHindi
2012Choker PaaniBengali Docu-feature
2009 Gulumaal: The Escape Malayalam
2009 Mudhal Mudhal Mudhal Varai Tamil
2008 Silandhi Tamil
2006 Uyir Tamil
2004In the Shadow of the CobraEnglish
2003 Whistle Tamil
2003 Kucch To Hai Hindi
2002 Ivan Tamil
2002 Mitr, My Friend English
2025 Train (upcoming film) Tamil [14]

Direction and cinematography

YearFilmDetails
2017Nadiyude Moonaam Kara [15] Malayalam Fiction 62 Minutes

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