Fowzia Fathima is an Indian film cinematographer, producer, academic and director. Fowzia is known for her cinematography on feature films such as Mitr, My Friend 2012, Gulumaal: The Escape 2009 and Uyir 2006. She is an intuitive practitioner of Cinematography[1] across media technologies, a hands-on Academic with an eye trained in history of art practices along with a wide range of experience in Film Production and Teaching in contemporary cinema based in India.[2]
Fowzia Fathima | |
|---|---|
| Born | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Alma mater | Film and Television Institute of India |
| Occupations | Cinematographer, film director |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Known for | Mitr, My Friend |
| Spouse | Pradeep Cherian |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Kerala State Television Award (2015) |
Fowzia Fathima, an alumnus of Film and Television Institute of India,[3] has also worked as professor and head of department of cinematography at SRFTI and has directed short film Infected that screened at Busan International Film Festival.[4] Fowzia is the founder of “ Indian Women Cinematographers Collective" connecting most practicing professionals in the country today, a forum that functions as a peer group to share experiences and lead founded 2017.[5]
Career
editStarted career as an assistant to P.C. Sreeram, Fowzia made her debut as an independent camera person with the Revathi directed film Mitr, My Friend, along with an all female technical crew.[1] Fowzia is also the first ever independent woman cinematographer in Malayalam cinema as well as the force behind Indian Women Cinematographers' collective.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Filmography
editAs director of photography
edit| Year | Film | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Mitr, My Friend | English | |
| 2002 | Ivan | Tamil | |
| 2003 | Kucch To Hai | Hindi | |
| 2003 | Whistle | Tamil | |
| 2004 | In the Shadow of the Cobra | English | |
| 2006 | Uyir | Tamil | |
| 2008 | Silandhi | Tamil | |
| 2009 | Mudhal Mudhal Mudhal Varai | Tamil | |
| 2009 | Gulumaal: The Escape | Malayalam | |
| 2012 | Choker Paani | Bengali | Docu-feature |
| 2013 | Infected | Hindi | |
| 2015 | Aggedu Nayaga | Malayalam | Short Film-Kerala state Television Award for best Cinematography |
| 2024 | Qadeesso | Malayalam | [14] |
| 2025 | Train | Tamil | [15] |
Direction and cinematography
edit| Year | Film | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Nadiyude Moonaam Kara[16] | Malayalam Fiction 62 Minutes |
References
edit- 1 2 Palicha, Paresh C. (15 January 2014). "The way she sees it". The Hindu.
- ↑ "A female perspective". 8 March 2017.
- ↑ "Cinematographer Fowzia Fathima about women's participation in IFFK 2017". ManoramaOnline.
- ↑ "Short film 'Infected' goes to Busan International Film Festival – Times of India". The Times of India. October 2013.
- ↑ "Indian Women Cinematographers Collective".
- ↑ "The crisis of confidence: Collective sigh against herogiri". 26 December 2017.
- ↑ "Women get taken advantage of in the industry". 26 April 2018.
- ↑ "Cinematographer launches group to assist upcoming professionals in the field". Hindustan Times. 8 March 2017.
- ↑ "7 Indian Women Cinematographers We Should Know About". 7 December 2017.
- ↑ "Glitterati".
- ↑ "Fowzia Fathima, Shalini Agarwal conduct workshop on practicals of handling camera, sound recording". Archived from the original on 17 October 2018.
- ↑ "A female perspective". 10 March 2017.
- ↑ Bhatia, Uday (24 March 2017). "Women cinematographers: Through a more equal lens". mint.
- ↑ "ജോണ് എബ്രഹാമിന്റെ സഹോദരീപുത്രന് പ്രദീപ് ചെറിയാന് സംവിധാനം ചെയ്ത 'കദീശോ' കാന് വേള്ഡ് ഫിലിം ഫെസ്റ്റിവലില് മികച്ച ഫലോസഫിക്കല് സിനിമ പുരസ്കാരം നേടി". Mangalam. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
- ↑ Service, Express News (24 September 2024). "Narain reunites with Mysskin for 'Train'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ↑ Kumar, P. k Ajith (13 March 2017). "When a woman manned the camera". The Hindu.