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Waris Islam is a British-Bangladeshi writer and director working in television, film and radio. [1] He started his career writing for the BBC Radio drama series Silver Street and directing award-winning short films such as "Short" (a winner at the Leicester Short Film Festival: CAN 2005) and "The Family Portrait" (Nominated for Best British Short Film, Raindance Film Festival 2005). [2] [3] In 2010 he was co-creator and a writer and director of Bishaash , a Bangladeshi supernatural television series produced by the BBC World Service for BTV. [4] Since completing the BBC Continuing Drama Directors' Training Scheme he has become a regular director of Eastenders , [5] and has directed episodes of Hollyoaks , Holby City , Vera , [6] [7] and The Bay . [8] Other film and TV credits include The Line (2012), SoulFind (2013), and Channel 4's series Coming Up . [9]
He has been featured on the BBC New Talent Hotlist [10] and is a BAFTA, Director's UK [11] and RTS member.[ citation needed ]
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