Iram Qureshi

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Iram Qureshi
NationalityBritish
Other namesIram Kamran Qureshi
Occupation(s)Film & TV Producer, Director, and Media Academic
Years active2000–present
SpouseKamran Qureshi (m. 2002-present)[1]
Academic background
Alma materBrunel University London
ThesisThe Stranger Left No Card: A Critical Analysis of Wendy Toye’s work as a Woman Director in British Cinema and Television. (2020)
Academic advisorsPaul Moody and Leon Hunt

Iram Qureshi is a British film and TV producer, director and media academic. She is the recipient of 1st Indus Drama Awards and PTV Awards.[2] Iram has also been an Assistant Examiner at the University of Cambridge since 2011 and a Senior Lecturer at the Ravensbourne University, London.[3]

Education[edit]

Qureshi did her television production internship, a part of her MSc in Communication Sciences at Combine media in 2000.[4]

Career[edit]

She is the founder of KQ Movies,[5] a London-based film production company and the MD of Evergreen Productions.[1] Apart from her career as a film and television producer, she has also been an assistant examiner at the University of Cambridge since 2011.[3] Her PhD in Film and Television titled, The Stranger Left No Card: A Critical Analysis of Wendy Toye's work as a Woman Director in British Cinema and Television, was archival research and the first sustained analysis of a pioneering woman director from 1950s British cinema, at Brunel University London.[6][7] Currently, she is working on a WWI period drama The Woman with the Torch - Elsie Inglis' War on the life of Elsie Maud Inglis, the founder of Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service.

Filmography[edit]

Name Role Type Ref.
Only Love Matters Producer & Associate Director Feature film
Beyond the Silence of the Sea Director & producer TV documentary [8]
Ishq Ki Inteha Director TV series [9]
Nestlé Nesvita Women of Strength '09 Director TV talk show
Nestlé Nido Young Stars Director TV talk show
Sarkar Sahab Director TV series
Manzil Co-director TV series
Maa Aur Mamta Producer TV series
Moorat Associate director TV series
Murad (film) Associate producer TV film
Ariel Mothers Producer TV Talk Show
Riyasat Co-director TV series
Meharun Nisa Producer TV series

Awards[edit]

Year Award Category Nominated work Role Result Ref.
2005 1st Indus Drama Awards Best Producer Series Maa Aur Mamta (Motherhood) Producer Won [10][11]
2003 Indus Telefilm Festival Best TV Film Murad Producer Won
2002 PTV Awards Best Talk Show Award Ariel Mothers Producer Won [12]

Academic theses[edit]

  • Qureshi, Iram Kamran (2020). The stranger left no card: a critical analysis of Wendy Toye's work as a woman director in British cinema and television. OCLC 1203044451.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Mazhar, Uzma (March 2004). "From Maa to Maamta". She. Vol. XXI, no. 5.
  2. ^ "Two-week celebration of medical trailblazer Elsie Inglis to be held in Edinburgh for statue appeal". www.scotsman.com. 18 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Iram Kamran Qureshi". Ravensbourne University London. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Dr Iram Qureshi | University of Cambridge". cambridge.academia.edu.
  5. ^ "British Council Film: Only Love Matters". film-directory.britishcouncil.org.
  6. ^ Qureshi, Iram Kamran (2020). The stranger left no card: a critical analysis of Wendy Toye's work as a woman director in British cinema and television (Thesis). Brunel University London.
  7. ^ Qureshi, Iram Kamran (2020). The stranger left no card : a critical analysis of Wendy Toye's work as a woman director in British cinema and television (Ph.D). Brunel University London.
  8. ^ "Beyond the Silence of the Sea". 2010.
  9. ^ "Ishq Ki Inteha". October 2009.
  10. ^ "Best Series Award". University of East Anglia.
  11. ^ "Nominees for Best Drama Series". dailymotion. Indus TV Network. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  12. ^ "Best Talk Show Award". University of East Anglia.