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Faisal-Azam Qureshi




Director, Editor, Researcher, Script Editor, Writer
About:
Freelance Screenwriter, Editor, Director and Lecturer. I've worked in the UK and abroad.
As a Editor, I've cut a variety of programs from corporates to pop promos but my main interest is cutting drama.
As a screenwriter, I have had my work produced both here and in the States (Cold Call and Lifters) and have worked on projects commissioned by DNA Films, Dan Films and various other projects with the BBC.
I have directed several, the most recent being The Applicant, which starred Parvez Qadir ("Rome", "All or Nothing") and Clare McGlinn ("The Cops", "Coronation Street"). The film was shot by Slamdance award winning cinematographer Philip Robertson ("Frozen").
My short film, Scribble, has been screened at various film festivals around the world whilst my first short film, Lifters, was shot on location in New Mexico and produced by the Digital Filmmaking Institute. A DVD showreel is available on request.
I lecture in editing on the foundation year course at Leeds Met University and am a visiting lecturer at the Escula Internacional Cine y TV in Cuba.
I have also overseen the script development and post-production of a series of short films for the British Council "I, Belong" scheme in Pakistan as well as the "Film ON" scheme in Uzbekistan. I have also lectured on filmmaking in Bangladesh, Bulgaria and Greece.
More recently, I was Associate Producer on the feature film Four Lions (Film Four/Warp Films), the directing debut for Bafta award winner, Chris Morris (Brass Eye, Nathan Barley). The film had it's debut at Sundance before opening in the UK. It has proved to be a critical and commerical success winning various awards and earning nearly £3 million at the UK Box Office.
I am interested in working on other feature projects in the near future.

eMail: [Click to Contact]
Mobile: 07747604814
Address: 19 Appleby Road
Gatley
SK8 4QD
North West
United Kingdom
Date of Birth: 1975-05-01
Experience: 9 yrs
Languages: English, Urdu
Affiliation: BECTU, WGGB





Training and Skills




Formal Training:
  1. 2002 MA Film Production (screenwriting) NFS, Leeds
  2. 1999 PGDip Film Production (Editing & Sound Design), NFS Leeds
  3. 1997 BSc (Hons) Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Leeds University
Other Skills:
Have cut projects on the following editing systems:
Avid Media Composer
Avid Media Xpress
Avid DV Xpress
Avid Mediasuite
Final Cut Pro
Adobe Premiere Pro





Additional Information




Awards & Recognition
2010 - The Footsoldier – Selected for 8th Berlin Talent Campus Script Station Development Workshops.
2010 - The Ladder - Runner up for Best Sci-Fi Short Script at the 19th Woods Hole Film Festival.
2010 - The Screaming Phone - Runner up at the 8th American Gem's Short Screenwriting Competition.
2009 - The Footsoldier - Winner for Best Film Story at the Brussels Film Festival.
2009 - The Screaming Phone - Winner for Best Short Script at the Talent Circle/Super Shorts Film Festival.
2009 - The Border Land - Nominated for Best Short Script at the 18th Woods Hole Film Festival.
2009 - In Bright Darkness - Nominated for Best Screenplay at the 3rd Night of Horror Film Festival.
2009 - In Bright Darkness - Nominated for Best Screenplay at the 1st Paranoia Horror Film Festival.
2008 - In Bright Darkness - Runner up for Best Feature Screenplay at the 13th H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival.
2008 - The Border Land - Nominated for Best Short Script at the 6th Queen's International Film Festival.
2008 - The Border Land - Nominated for Best Short Form Screenplay at the 4th SoCal Film Festival.
2008 - The Border Land - Runner up at the 7th American Gem's Short Screenwriting Competition.
2008 - The Corner - Awarded BBC Comedy North Bursary to develop pilot sitcom script.
2007 - God's Lonely Man - Finalist at 2nd Cheltenham Screenwriters Festival/4 Talent Fever Pitch competition.
2007 - Passengers - Commended in BBC BANG British Asian New Writing Competition.
2006 - Scribble - Winner of Horror Award for Best Dark Fantasy Film at the 2nd Phoenix Horror & Sci-Fi Festival.
2006 - Wimmy Road - Nominated for Race in the Media Award for Best Radio Drama.
2006 - Selected for Lighthouse/Skillset Guiding Light scheme
2005 - Scribble - Nominated for Rushes Best Newcomer Award at 7th Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival.
2004 - God's Lonely Man - Selected for the First Film Foundation First Development Scheme.
2003 - Selected for Script Factory/Film Council Writers Group
2003 - Lifters - Selected for Digifest Southwest/Flicks on 66 Digital Shoot out scheme.
2003 - The Ninety Second Minute - Selected for North West Visions Digital Shorts.
2003 - Rewind to the Resurection - Finalist in Slamdance/Xeolux Slam Fi short script competition.
2003 - The Practical - Finalist in Moviepoets short script contest (produced as The Applicant).
2002 - Top 50 Finalist in Paramount Studios/Chesterfield Writers Film Project
2002 - Boxed In - Winner in the Words From Here/Group 101 Nick of Time script contest (produced as Cold Call)
2002 - The Ninety Second Minute - Winner of the Moviepoets short script contest.
2002 - Selected for BBC Cyber City to develop Sleep Easy
2002 - Selected for BBC New writers Comedy scheme to develop TV sitcom Cabbies
2000 - Madame Perrier - Winner of the Kodak Student Commercial Film Award for Best Editing.
2000 - Boxed In - Runner up for the In-Movies.co.uk short script competition.
2000 - In Bright Darkness - Selected for Euroscript Screen story award.
2000 - Selected for Black Coral/DNA Films Focus on Talent 3 Award to develop feature script Slow Burn
1999 - Selected for TAPS/Yorkshire TV Writers Workshop for the script Pequods Fury
1998 - Finalist in Working Title Films Ltd/Jerwood Film Prize for the script Pequods Fury
1995 - Selected for BBC Radio 4 workshop as part of First Bite for the short story Breaking Dreams
1995 - Winner of The Lloyds Bank/Channel 4 Film Challenge for Movin As A Massive
1994 - Runner up in the Lufthansa/Royal Mail Young Travel Writer Of The Year Competition





Credits




Type Production Name Company Role Year
Feature Film Four Lions Film Four/Warp Films Associate Producer 2010
Short Film British Council Syria Video Arts Festival British Council Syria Mentor 2009
Short Film Plug-In 7th Balchik Film Festival Editing Mentor 2009
TV Coronation Street Granada Drama Researcher 2008
Corporate SEPT: In Tune with Individuals South Essex Partnership NHS Trust Editor 2007
Documentary Welcome to Lagos Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Editor 2007
Short Film Balchik Short Film Festival 5th Balchik Film Festival Judge 2007
Short Film Digital Filmmaking Workshop British Council Bangladesh Mentor 2007
Short Film Going Off KBJ Productions/Clapperboard Editor 2007
Short Film Ride Of Your Life KBJ Productions/Clapperboard Films Editor 2007
Documentary Saltaire Access Moving Image/First Shot Films Editing Mentor 2006
Short Film 2 Lorries She Shark Visuals Editor 2006
Short Film Digital Filmmaking Workshop 4th Balchik Film Festival Editing Mentor 2006
Short Film Film ON British Council Uzbekistan Mentor 2006
Short Film Short Film Masterclass British Council Greece Lecturer 2006
Short Film The Applicant Access Moving Image/Screen Yorkshire Writer/Director 2006
Documentary Firebelly Baby K Productions/Firebelly Collective Editor 2005
Documentary Iraq: Clearing Through the Danger MAG/Access Moving Image Editor 2005
Documentary The Rise & Fall of the Nosebleeds Manchester Film & Video Post-Production Re-master 2005
Documentary The Working Class Movement Library KJF Productions Editor 2005
Radio Wimmy Road BBC Radio Drama North Writer 2005
Short Film Salford Film Festival Salford Film Festival Judge 2005
Short Film "I Belong" Short films project British Council Pakistan/Access Moving Image Mentor 2005
Documentary Double Digging Chris Finn Productions Editor 2004
Documentary Typical Stories II Baby K/Silver Clouds Production Editor 2004
Short Film Like Any Other Day Baby K Productions/First Light/SIF Script Editor 2004
Short Film Reality Bites Access Moving Image/First Light/UK Film Council Editing Mentor 2004
Short Film Scribble Silver Cloud TV/Richard Dawson Production/NWV Writer/Director 2004
Short Film The Bag Access Moving Image/First Light/UK Film Council Editing Mentor 2004
Short Film The Lift Richard Dawson Productions Writer/Director 2004
Documentary Typical Stories Baby K/Silver Cloud Production Editor 2003
Short Film 90 Second Minute LA Productions/North West Vision/Film Council Writer(uncredited) 2003
Short Film Lifters Digital Film Making Institute Writer/Director 2003
Short Film To be like the stars Skillset/Louis Louzou Editor 2003
Commercials Noor Foundation Appeal Advert The Noor Foundation Editor 2002
Documentary Seheli Womens Drug Awareness Video Baby K Productions Editor 2002
Documentary The Slavery Trail Pidgin Productions Editor 2002
Music Video Contra Band Promo - Death of a Raver Silver Cloud Productions/Circus Records Editor 2002
Short Film Cold Call Group 101/Shipherd Reed Productions Writer 2002
Short Film Fellow Traveller Screenworks/Film Council Editor 2002
Short Film Stronger then Fear Light Productions/First Light/Film Council Editor 2002
Commercials Poppy Appeal Promo Steve Nesbit Productions Editor 2001
Corporate Connexions: The Movie Lee Ford Productions/Connexions South Yorkshire Editor 2001
Documentary Somalian Singles Baby K Productions Editor 2001
Music Video Lyric Promo - Perm Lee Ford Productions/Silent Records Editor 2001
Short Film Life Promises Death Baby K Productions/Film Council Editor 2001
Short Film Lucky Bugger Silver Cloud Productions Editor/Sound Designer 2001
Short Film Thicker then Water YMPA/Cherry Pip Productions Editor/Sound Designer 2001
Documentary Stanley & Us Flying Padre Productions Collaborator 2000
Short Film Hungry Freaks Yorkshire TV/Northern Film School Co-Writer 2000
Short Film Reality Check Captive Audience Films Editor 2000
Commercials Lucozade - Cardiac Hill Kodak Advert Scheme Editor/Sound Designer 1999
Commercials Perrier - Madame Perrier Kodak Advert Scheme Editor/Sound Designer 1999
Commercials Perrier - Whose Faking It Kodak Advert Scheme Production Consultant 1999
Short Film Gulf Shadows Film Four/Yorkshire TV/Northern Film School Editor/Sound Designer 1999
Short Film I Wish I Could Fight Like Roberto Duran Yorkshire TV/Northern Film School Editor/Sound Designer 1999
Short Film The Bitterest Pill Yorkshire TV/Northern Film School Production Consultant 1999
Short Film The Carrier Yorkshire TV/Northern Film School Editing Consultant 1999
Short Film The Exercise Yorkshire TV/Northern Film School Editor/Sound Designer 1999
Short Film Treading Water Yorkshire TV/Northern Film School Editing Consultant 1999
Short Film This Stage In My Career Yorkshire TV/Northern Film School Editor/Sound Designer 1998
Short Film Touched Yorkshire TV/Northern Film School Production Consultant/Continuity 1998
Video G-Proteins Computer Animation Project Leeds University Biochemistry Department Writer/Director 1997
Short Film The Routine Leeds Uni Student TV Writer/Director 1996
Documentary Movin As A Massive Compulsive Viewing/Channel 4 Co-Writer 1995
Short Film Boxed In Leeds Uni Student TV Writer/Director 1995


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