Fowzia Fathima

Fowzia Fathima
Born	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater	Film and Television Institute of India
Occupation(s)	Cinematographer, film director
Years active	1998–present
Known for	Mitr, My Friend
Spouse	Pradeep Cherian
Children	2
Awards	Kerala 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]

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

Year	Film	Language	Notes
2002	Mitr, My Friend	English
2002	Ivan	Tamil
2003	Kucch To Hai	Hindi
2003	Whistle	Tamil
2004	In the Shadow of the Cobra	English
2006	Uyir	Tamil
2008	Silandhi	Tamil
2009	Mudhal Mudhal Mudhal Varai	Tamil
2009	Gulumaal: The Escape	Malayalam
2012	Choker Paani	Bengali Docu-feature
2013	Infected	Hindi
2015	Aggedu Nayaga	Malayalam	Short Film-Kerala state Television Award for best Cinematography
2024	Qadeesso	Malayalam	[14]
2025	Train	Tamil	[15]

Direction and cinematography

Year	Film	Details
2017	Nadiyude Moonaam Kara [16]	Malayalam Fiction 62 Minutes

References

1. Palicha, Paresh C. (15 January 2014). "The way she sees it". The Hindu.
2. "A female perspective". 8 March 2017.
3. "Cinematographer Fowzia Fathima about women's participation in IFFK 2017". ManoramaOnline.
4. "Short film 'Infected' goes to Busan International Film Festival – Times of India". The Times of India. October 2013.
5. "Indian Women Cinematographers Collective".
6. "The crisis of confidence: Collective sigh against herogiri". 26 December 2017.
7. "Women get taken advantage of in the industry". 26 April 2018.
8. "Cinematographer launches group to assist upcoming professionals in the field". Hindustan Times. 8 March 2017.
9. "7 Indian Women Cinematographers We Should Know About". 7 December 2017.
10. "Glitterati".
11. "Fowzia Fathima, Shalini Agarwal conduct workshop on practicals of handling camera, sound recording". Archived from the original on 17 October 2018.
12. "A female perspective". 10 March 2017.
13. Bhatia, Uday (24 March 2017). "Women cinematographers: Through a more equal lens". mint.
14. "ജോണ്‍ എബ്രഹാമിന്റെ സഹോദരീപുത്രന്‍ പ്രദീപ് ചെറിയാന്‍ സംവിധാനം ചെയ്ത 'കദീശോ' കാന്‍ വേള്‍ഡ് ഫിലിം ഫെസ്റ്റിവലില്‍ മികച്ച ഫലോസഫിക്കല്‍ സിനിമ പുരസ്‌കാരം നേടി". Mangalam. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
15. Service, Express News (24 September 2024). "Narain reunites with Mysskin for 'Train'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
16. Kumar, P. k Ajith (13 March 2017). "When a woman manned the camera". The Hindu.

External links

• Fowzia Fathima at IMDb