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Asif Kapadia

Film Director / Screenwriter / Actor | * 1972 (52) | Hackney, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Asif Kapadia (born 1972) is a British filmmaker. Academy Award, BAFTA and Grammy-winning director Asif Kapadia has made his name directing visually striking films exploring ‘outsiders’, characters living in extreme circumstances, fighting against a corrupt or broken system. While he has worked in drama and documentaries, Kapadia is best known for his trilogy of narratively driven, archive-constructed documentaries Senna, Amy and Diego Maradona. Amy (2015), based on singer Amy Winehouse, had its world premiere at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, and it is the highest-grossing British Documentary of all time at the UK box office. It also won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, the BAFTA for Best Documentary, a Grammy for Best Music Film, the European Film Award for Best Documentary and the Grierson Award for Best Documentary. Kapadia directed the documentary film ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Drama | Thriller

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Awards & Nominations for Asif Kapadia

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film Sutherland Trophy BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer BAFTA Award for Best Documentary European Film Award for Best Documentary Starlight International Cinema Award Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film 2x BIFA Award for Best British Independent Film BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer 2x BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film BAFTA Award for Best Documentary European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year European Film Award for Best Documentary
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Movies with Asif Kapadia as Actor(3)

as Self - Commentary, The Sheep Thief (voice)2003 Cinema16: British Short Films
as Gwupigrubynudny-landians2000 The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
as The Rock (Voice)1994 Pariah The Red Man

Movies with Asif Kapadia as Crew(27)

Directing/Director2023 2073
Production/Producer2023 2073
Directing/Director2023 Creature
Production/Executive Producer2023 Creature
Directing/Director2021 Laika
Writing/Writer2021 Laika
Directing/Director2019 Diego Maradona
Production/Co-Producer2017 Monsoon Shootout
Production/Executive Producer2016 Supersonic
Directing/Director2016 Ali and Nino
Directing/Director2015 Amy
Writing/Writer2015 Amy
Production/Producer2015 Ronaldo
Directing/Director2013 Standard Operating Procedure
Directing/Director2012 The Odyssey
Production/Producer2012 The Odyssey
Writing/Writer2012 The Odyssey
Directing/Director2010 Senna
Directing/Director2008 Far North
Writing/Screenplay2008 Far North
Directing/Director2006 The Return
Production/Producer2003 The Bypass
Directing/Director2003 Cinema16: British Short Films
Directing/Director2001 The Warrior
Writing/Writer2001 The Warrior
Directing/Director1997 The Sheep Thief
Directing/Director1994 Indian Tales

TV Shows/Series with Asif Kapadia as Crew(10)

Production/Executive Producer2023 Robbie Williams
Production/Executive Producer2021 The Last Hour
Production/Executive Producer2021 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Directing/Series Director2021 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Production/Executive Producer2021 The Me You Can't See
Directing/Director2021 The Me You Can't See
Production/Executive Producer2018 Stephen: The Murder that Changed a Nation
Directing/Director2017 MINDHUNTER

Additional Information

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Full Name: Asif Kapadia
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: 1972 in Hackney, London, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 52 years)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Royal College of Art, Newport Film School
Asif Kapadia frequently works together with these people:
Amit Kumar (8x, Crew)
James Gay-Rees (7x, Crew)
Dario Marianelli (5x, Crew)
Joe Penhall (5x, Crew)
Antonio Pinto (4x, Crew)
Courtenay Miles (4x, Crew)
Manish Pandey (3x, Crew)
Matis Rei (3x, Crew)
Bertrand Faivre (3x, Crew)
Joshua Donen (3x, Crew)
Ewa J. Lind (3x, Crew)
Chris King (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:485992, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 02/28/2024