Iram Qureshi

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Iram Qureshi
Other namesIram Kamran Qureshi
OccupationsFilm & 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.