Aleem Khan (director)

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Aleem Khan
Born (1985-05-19) 19 May 1985 (age 38)
Chatham, Kent
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
Years active2007–present

Aleem Khan (born 19 May 1985) is a British

BAFTA
.

Early life and education

Khan was born on 19 May 1985 in Chatham, Kent,[1] to an English mother and a Pakistani father. His parents met as teenagers on the London housing estate where they both lived, and Khan was born after they married and moved to the Kent coast.[2]

He became interested in filmmaking through observing his father's passion for documenting the family on his VHS camcorder.[3] As an undergraduate film student at the University of Westminster, Khan directed and performed in several plays and served as president of the university drama society before graduating in 2006.[4]

Career

Khan received his first British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) nomination in 2015 in the Best Short Film category for his film Three Brothers, about a teenage boy caring for his young siblings after their father abandons them and returns to Pakistan in order to remarry.[5]

Khan made his feature-length debut in 2020 with

Calais. After Love was selected for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival as part of the Critics' Week selection.[6] Khan has stated that Mary, the films central protagonist, was modelled on his mother, who herself had converted after getting married.[7]

At the 2021 British Independent Film Awards, After Love won six awards, including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Debut Director for Khan.[8][9] The film was also nominated for four BAFTA awards, including Best Director, Outstanding British Debut and Outstanding British Film for Khan, with a win in the Leading Actress category for Joanna Scanlan.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Aleem Khan". Semainedelacritique.com.
  2. ^ "After Love director Aleem Khan: 'I walked around Mecca and prayed not to be gay'". The Guardian.
  3. ^ "Interview: Writer-Director Aleem Khan On The Release Of His New Film 'After Love'". Something Curated. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Film alumnus Aleem Khan's new film After Love dominates British Independent Film Awards". www.westminster.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  5. ^ Phelps, Lou (5 April 2016). "Three Brothers". network.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  6. ^ "After Love | La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes". Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Aleem Khan on After Love". BFI. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  8. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (5 December 2021). "'After Love' Dominates British Independent Film Awards With Six Wins". Variety. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  9. ^ Wise, Tom Grater,Damon; Grater, Tom; Wise, Damon (5 December 2021). "British Independent Film Awards: 'After Love' Wins Top Prizes". Deadline. Retrieved 28 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Lodge, Guy (17 February 2023). "BAFTA's Efforts to Level the Field Bear Fruit". Variety. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

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