Asif Kapadia

Asif Kapadia (born 1972) is a British filmmaker of Indian descent. He directed several award-winning films, including The Sheep Thief (1997), winner of the 2nd Prize Cinéfondation for Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival, The Warrior (2001), which won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film and Senna (2010), winner of the World Cinema Audience Award Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival 2011. BAFTA award winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia is known for his visually striking films which explore the lives of ‘outsiders’, characters living in timeless, extreme and unforgiving circumstances or landscapes. His films have been awarded and distributed internationally and shown how versatile and expressive British cinema can be. Born in Hackney, London in 1972, Kapadia studied filmmaking at the Royal College of Art where he first gained recognition with his short The Sheep Thief (1997) telling the story of a gifted street kid and the family who take him in, made with non professional actors in Rajasthan, India, the film won many awards including Second Prize at the 1998 Cannes International Film Festival Cinefondation, the Grand Prix at the 1997 European Short Film Festival in Brest & Best Director at the Recontres Henri Langlois Festival International des Ecoles de Cinema in Poitiers 1997. Kapadia’s distinct visual style continued with his first feature The Warrior (2001, FilmFour), shot in the deserts of Rajasthan and the snow capped Himalaya. The Warrior was championed in the British Press as ‘epic’and ‘stunning’ (Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian) and was nominated for three BAFTA awards, winning two the Alexander Korda Award for the outstanding British Film of the Year 2002 and The Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a Director, Screenwriter or Producer in their First Feature. The Warrior also won the Grand Prix at the Dinard Film Festival, the prestigious Sutherland Award at the London Film Festival, the Evening Standard British Film Awards for the Most Promising Newcomer, the Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Film and the Technical Achievement Award for Cinematography at the British Independent Film Awards and the Jury Prize for the best cinematography at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Far North (2007, FILM4), premiered at the Venice Film Festival, based on a dark short story by Sara Maitland. Kapadia used the epic and brutal arctic landscape to show how desperation and loneliness drive a woman to harm the person she loves the most. Winner of the World Cinema Audience Award Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival 2011 Winner of Best Documentary – Audience Award at the Adelaide Film Festival 2011 Description above from the Wikipedia article Asif Kapadia, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Birth Location Hackney, London, England, UK
Born 1972-01-01

Movies

Cinema16: British Short Films as Self - Commentary, The Sheep Thief (voice)
2003
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz as Gwupigrubynudny-landians
2000
Pariah the Red Man as The Rock (voice)
1994

Movies

The Man Who Stole the Scream Executive Producer
2023
Creature Executive Producer
2023
Creature Director
2023
Laika Writer
2021
Laika Director
2021
Diego Maradona Director
2019
Monsoon Shootout Co-Producer
2017
Supersonic Executive Producer
2016
Ali and Nino Director
2016
Ronaldo Producer
2015
Amy Writer
2015
Amy Director
2015
The Odyssey Producer
2012
The Odyssey Writer
2012
The Odyssey Director
2012
Senna Director
2010
Far North Director
2008
Far North Screenplay
2008
The Return Director
2006
The Bypass Producer
2003
The Warrior Writer
2001
The Warrior Director
2001
1997
The Sheep Thief Director
1997
The Waiting Room Director
1996
Indian Tales Director
1994
2073 Producer
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2073 Director
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