Aneel Ahmad, born 31 october, 1974, Longsight, Manchester, England.
Who is Aneel : Film producer, film director, screenwriter, film editor.
Some information from Wikipedia.org :
Aneel Ahmad (born 31 October 1974) is a British British filmmaker, writer, film director, and producer who specialises in documentaries and shorts.
The self-taught filmmaker was brought up on the poor and often violent estate of Longsight in Manchester. Ahmad was born and raised in a working class family in Manchester and is now regarded by industry professionals as one of the best new British born minority film directors within British cinema
With no formal training and no film education or qualifications, Ahmad started off making low budget HI8 films with his friends. In 2005 he gained recognition by directing his first short film on a tiny budget of ₤2,500, Waiting For Sunrise.
In his early career, Ahmad gained experience by participating in many prestigious film writing courses; these included TAPS BAFTA, The First Film Foundation, Raindance Film Festival Script development, BBC's "Writers Room" new writers initiative, and The Writers Gym M.A Writers course (London Film School & French Institute). He was also part of other film courses such as B3 Medias Compass Point, a mentoring programme for minorities run by Paul Moody (NFTS) and Marc Boothe, producer of Bullet Boy (B3Media). His role models are Stanley Kubrick, David Lean,Satyajit Ray and documentary filmmaker Peter Watkins. He won the UNICEF award in 2005 for his short documentary Waiting For Sunrise, and also was shortlisted for a Grierson |ward for Best Newcomer in 2006.
More infromation on Wikipedia here.
Personal site : Official website.
NOTE : One of my dream - make movies - has already been implemented by Aneel. But my dream - make science fiction movies ;)
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