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Fawzia Mirza
Ontario
Fawzia’s directorial feature debut THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS, shot in Canada and Pakistan, world premiered at TIFF 2023, was nominated for the Jean Marc Valée DGC Discovery Award, named one of ‘Canada’s Top Ten' and was nominated for 5 CSAs including 'Best Adapted Screenplay.' It had its international premiere at BFI London Film Festival and its US premiere at SXSW 2024 and was developed in TIFF’s 2020 Writer Studio and Filmmaker Lab and stars Amrit Kaur (SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS), Nimra Bucha (MS. MARVEL & POLITE SOCIETY), Hamza Haq (TRANSPLANT), and Ayana Manji (MUSTACHE). Fawzia directed on the upcoming Hulu half hour comedy DELI BOYS from Jenni Konner and Onyx Collective – created by Abdullah Saeed – starring Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh and Poorna Jagannathan. She wrote on CBS series THE RED LINE, from Greg Berlanti & Ava DuVernay; her episode marked the first queer, Muslim romance on network TV. Fawzia is a White House Champion of Change in Asian American Art & Storytelling, a Creative Advisor for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab and 1497 Screenwriting Lab, an alum of the Tribeca Film Institute All-Access Program and the Canadian Academy Directors Program for Women, a Ryan Murphy Half-Initiative mentee, a ‘Yes, And Laughter Lab’ Winner, an Islamic Scholarship Fund Winner, has been nominated for The Iris Prize. Her feature script HEIRLOOM was named to the 2022 Muslim List, published by The Black List. She wrote and directed the award-winning NOOR & LAYLA (Outfest, BlackStar, Bentonville, Bend, Frameline, 50+ festivals worldwide) and directed the rom-com short THE SYED FAMILY XMAS EVE GAME NIGHT (world-premiered TIFF 2021) named one of Canada’s Top 10 and one of Harper’s Bazaar’s “16 Best Christmas Movies of 2021.” Her short AUNTIE executive produced by Paul Feig and Powderkeg world premiered at Aspen Shortsfest, received Special Mention as Best Short Short and is available to stream on THE NEW YORKER. Fawzia co-founded Baby Daal Productions with her wife Andria Wilson Mirza.
Contact info:
Halle Mariner hmariner@independentartistgroup.com
Alexander Stegmaier alexander@strangeanimalent.com
