Aleem Khan (director)

Aleem Khan (born 19 May 1985) is a British film director and screenwriter. He is known for the film After Love (2020), which garnered accolades from international film festivals, including six British Independent Film Awards and one BAFTA.

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Aleem Khan
Born (1985-05-19) 19 May 1985
Chatham, Kent
Occupations
  • Film Director
  • Screenwriter
  • Producer
Years active2007–present

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 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 After Love, a fictional drama about an ageing English Muslim convert who discovers that her recently deceased husband has a secret family living in Calais. After Love was selected for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival as part of the International 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 triumph 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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