Kamran Qureshi

Dr Kamran Qureshi is is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AdvanceHE). He received his doctorate from the University of East Anglia in Professional Practice in Film, Television and Media. Kamran is a Media Academic and award-winning film and television director for more than 25 years. His research & teaching interests are in Hollywood, British, Australian films, Television, Media practice, Gender, Legislations and Representation of Intersex. Since 2000, he mentored and supervised BA, MSc and PhD students for research dissertations and filmmaking practice. He conducted workshops and internships and have administered on the job training for several apprentices in different job roles of film and television direction and production. Kamran have been teaching Film, Television, Digital Media theory and practice at the University of East Anglia since 2019. As a Local Representative in UEA for UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN, a peer-led consortium for world-leading research). His responsibilities are to organise UKRN events across and within UEA faculties and disseminate UKRN information. Kamran's research within film and television includes English language feature films, US television drama series, Indian Cinema and Australian Film and TV presented at the Birkbeck College, Dublin City University, and at the University of Westminster. As Communication editor of the CHASE Brief Encounters (issue 4, 2019-2020), a peer-reviewed postgraduate journal, his responsibilities include ensuring clarity, accessibility, communication and marketing the journal and CfP. Kamran's recent book chapter A Critical Analysis of The Transgender (Intersex) Persons Act, 2018 has been published in the Palgrave Macmillan's book, also presented at the University of Lincoln; and Portrayal of Intersex in Indian Cinema presented at The Southwest Conference, Trinity University, US will be published in this summer at the American journal, Jump Cut. Kamran has also directed many television drama series, TV shows, and documentaries, along with his award-winning feature film Only Love Matters (OLM), the first movie in cinema history on the subject of intersex set in Britain. He is the winner of Best Director, Producer, Cinematographer and screenwriter Awards for OLM and also won Best TV Film, TV Talk show, Film Series in various International Awards including 5-time-nomination at the Lux Style Best TV Director and Producer for Drama Series Award. Kamran has served as a Governor (2018-2020), at the council of governors NHS Hillingdon and Mount Vernon Hospitals. This has enabled him to contribute to the operational running of institutions and to work as part of a dynamic and high functioning team which he integrate in creative practice film research and teaching. An aspiring academic, keen to share the field experience through academic teaching and research.