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. Iram has also been an Assistant Examiner at the University of Cambridge since 2011 and a Senior Lecturer at the Ravensbourne University, London.

Education

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

Career

She is the founder of KQ Movies, a London-based film production company and the MD of Evergreen Productions. Apart from her career as a film and television producer, she has also been an assistant examiner at the University of Cambridge since 2011. 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. 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

NameRoleTypeRef.
Only Love MattersProducer & Associate DirectorFeature film
Beyond the Silence of the SeaDirector & producerTV documentary
Ishq Ki IntehaDirectorTV series
Nestlé Nesvita Women of Strength '09DirectorTV talk show
Nestlé Nido Young StarsDirectorTV talk show
Sarkar SahabDirectorTV series
ManzilCo-directorTV series
Maa Aur MamtaProducerTV series
MooratAssociate directorTV series
Murad (film)Associate producerTV film
Ariel MothersProducerTV Talk Show
RiyasatCo-directorTV series
Meharun NisaProducerTV series

Awards

YearAwardCategoryNominated workRoleResultRef.
20051st Indus Drama AwardsBest Producer SeriesMaa Aur Mamta (Motherhood)ProducerWon
2003Indus Telefilm FestivalBest TV FilmMuradProducerWon
2002PTV AwardsBest Talk Show AwardAriel MothersProducerWon

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 .