Faisal-Azam Qureshi
About:  Freelance Screenwriter, Editor, Director and Lecturer whose willing to travel. 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 previous 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. Categories:  Director, Editor, Script Editor, Writer eMail:  http://www.ukscreen.com/contact/faq WWW:  http://www.ukscreen.com/crew/faq 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:  2002 MA Film Production (screenwriting) NFS, Leeds 1999 PGDip Film Production (Editing & Sound Design), NFS Leeds 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 2008 - Awarded BBC Comedy North Bursary. 2007 - Finalist in Cheltenham Screenwriters Festival/4 Talent Fever Pitch for Gods Lonely Man. 2007 - Commended in BBC BANG British Asian New Writing Competition for Passengers. 2006 - Winner of Horror Award for Best Dark Fantasy Film at at Phoenix Horror & Sci-Fi Festival for Scribble 2006 - Nominated for Race in the Media Award Best Radio Drama for Wimmy Road 2006 - Seleted for Lighthouse/Skillset Guiding Light scheme 2005 - Nominated for Rushes Best Newcomer Award for Scribble 2004 - Selected for First Film Foundation First Development Scheme to develop feature Gods Lonely Man 2003 - Selected for Script Factory/Film Council Writers Group 2003 - Selected in Flicks on 66 for short script, Lifters 2003 - Selected in North West Visions Digital Shorts for The Ninety Second Minute 2003 - Shortlisted in Sundance Screenwriters Lab for Slow Burn 2003 - Finalist in Slamdance/Xeolux Slam Fi short script contest for Rewind to the Resurection 2003 - Finalist in Moviepoets short script contest for The Practical 2003 - Semi-finalist in Kaos Films British Short Script Competition for The Ninety Second Minute 2003 - Quarterfinalist in Cinestory short screenwriting awards for Honeytrap 2002 - Top 50 Finalist in Paramount Studios/Chesterfield Writers Film Project 2002 - Winner in the Words From Here/Group 101 Nick of Time script contest for Boxed In (shot as Cold Call) 2002 - Winner in the Moviepoets short script contest for The Ninety Second Minute 2002 - Selected for BBC Cyber City to develop Sleep Easy 2002 - Selected for BBC New writers Comedy scheme to develop TV sitcom Cabbies 2002 - Quarterfinalist in Cinestory Screenwriting Awards for the script Slow Burn 2002 - Quarterfinalist in Kaos Films British Short Screenplay competition for Honeytrap 2001 - Semi-finalist in Paramount Studios/Chesterfield Writers Film Project 2000 - Winner of the Kodak Student Commercial Film Award Best Editing for Madame Perrier 2000 - Runner up In-Movies.co.uk short script competition for Boxed In 2000 - Selected for Euroscript Screen story award to develop feature script In Bright Darkness 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 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 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 Film ON British Council Uzbekistan Mentor 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 "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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