Iram Qureshi

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Iram Qureshi
NationalityBritish
Other namesIram Kamran Qureshi
Occupation(s)Film & TV Producer, Director, and Media Academic
Years active2000–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 advisorsPaul Moody and Leon Hunt

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]

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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

NameRoleTypeRef.
Only Love MattersProducer & Associate DirectorFeature film
Beyond the Silence of the SeaDirector & producerTV documentary [8]
Ishq Ki Inteha DirectorTV series [9]
Nestlé Nesvita Women of Strength '09DirectorTV talk show
Nestlé Nido Young StarsDirectorTV talk show
Sarkar Sahab DirectorTV series
Manzil Co-directorTV series
Maa Aur MamtaProducerTV series
Moorat Associate directorTV series
Murad (film) Associate producerTV film
Ariel Mothers ProducerTV Talk Show
Riyasat Co-directorTV series
Meharun Nisa ProducerTV series

Awards

YearAwardCategoryNominated workRoleResultRef.
2005 1st Indus Drama Awards Best Producer SeriesMaa Aur Mamta (Motherhood)ProducerWon [10] [11]
2003 Indus Telefilm Festival Best TV FilmMuradProducerWon
2002 PTV Awards Best Talk Show AwardAriel MothersProducerWon [12]

Academic theses

References

  1. 1 2 Mazhar, Uzma (March 2004). "From Maa to Maamta". She. Vol. XXI, no. 5.
  2. "Two-week celebration of medical trailblazer Elsie Inglis to be held in Edinburgh for statue appeal". www.scotsman.com. 18 February 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Iram Kamran Qureshi". Ravensbourne University London. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  4. "Dr Iram Qureshi | University of Cambridge". cambridge.academia.edu.
  5. "British Council Film: Only Love Matters". film-directory.britishcouncil.org.
  6. 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 (Thesis). Brunel University London.
  7. 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 (Ph.D). Brunel University London.
  8. "Beyond the Silence of the Sea". 2010.
  9. "Ishq Ki Inteha". October 2009.
  10. "Best Series Award". University of East Anglia.
  11. "Nominees for Best Drama Series". dailymotion. Indus TV Network. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  12. "Best Talk Show Award". University of East Anglia.