- Born
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Aneel Ahmad is a writer, producer, director
He was born and raised from a working class family, within the poverty stricken, inner city suburbs of Manchester Longsight (England UK) Ahmad is completely self-taught.
He is a big fan of Stanley Kubrick, Sir David Lean, Satyajit Ray and documentary filmmaker Peter Watkins.
Ahmad has also won critical acclaim and praise for his work from some of the TOP and biggest industry professionals such as Hollywood feature film directors Ridley Scott, Alan Parker, Mike Leigh, Stewart Till CBE Chairman of United International Pictures (King Kong) (UIP), Quentin Tarantino, Universal Pictures, Merchant Ivory Productions, Working Title Films, BBC films, FOX films, FILM4, and many more leading industry figures.
Won the UNICEF award for his short film Waiting For Sunrise 2005. Waiting for Sunrise was also shortlisted for one of the film world's most distinguished awards - the Grierson Awards for documentary in 2006. the films entire budget was 2,500 pounds including his flight tickets and post production- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anita Choudhary
- Wears a truckers cap while shooting
- Two of his films Boot Polish & Waiting For Sunrise (2005) have been acquired for British National film heritage archive. (BFI) British Film Institute National Archive (January 2008).
- In 2012 his short film Boy In The Tree was long listed for a (BAFTA) British Academy of Film and Television Arts For Best short film.
- In 2014 his short film Checkpost was long listed for a (BAFTA) British Academy of Film and Television Arts For Best short film.
- The great thing about being a filmmaker is that it's visual as compared to say a novelist who tries to get the readers imagination to comprehend the story, whereas the visual in the cinema is more easier to digest and as a director you can use that power to do amazing things.
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