Kamran, Mazhar

Courses: 
DE 410 - Perspectives on World Cinema 
DE 709 - Sound and Camera
DE 801 - Mini Project-I
DE 802 - Mini Project-II
DE 804 - Qualitative Design Research Methods
DE 305 - Moving Image Design
DE 674 - Introduction to World Cinema: Filmmaker perspectives
DE 222 - Design Studio IV:  Video    

Areas of Interest:
- World Cinema
- Filmmaking (Narrative feature and Documentary)
- Story-telling

Research interests:
- Indian styles for Animation
- Contemporary idiom for cinema 
- Exploring the form of historical film
- Literature and Cinema 

Academic background:
-B.Tech (in electrical engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Madras 
-PG Diploma in Cinema, Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.

Work Experience:
-Team Director, Surabhi( culture-based television series) and Turning Point(science-based television series)

- Documentary film-making
Documentary filmography:

• Lucknow: Legacy of an era, on the city
• Ainie Apa, on Urdu novelist Qurratulain Hyder
• Itr-e-Kafur, on Urdu short story writer Naiyer Masud
• Uncle, on the work of one man teaching kids in the slums of Mumbai

- Cinematographer of mainstream films
Filmography:

• SATYA
• KAUN
• TARKIEB
• JHANKAAR BEATS
• MASTI

- Director of feature film MOHANDAS

Awards and nominations : 
For the feature film Mohandas

Nominated (Best film and director), Grand Prix, Fribourg International Film Festival(FIFF) Switzerland
Nominated (Best film and director), South Asian International Film Festival, New York USA.
Special Jury Prize, International Film Festival of Innsbruck(IFFI) Austria
Emerging New Directors, San Francisco International Film Festival(SFIF) USA

Website: 
www.mazharkamran.in  

Contact details:
Industrial Design Centre,
Indian Institute of technology, 
Powai, Mumbai 400076

Telephone:
091-022-25767813
Fax:
091-022-25783480
091-022-25767803
email:
mazhar@iitb.ac.in