Iram Qureshi

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

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

Career

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

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

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

  • 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

  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.