Fowzia Fathima

Fowzia Fathima is an Indian film cinematographer, producer, academician 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 materFilm and Television Institute of India
Occupation(s)Cinematographer, film director
Years active1998–present
Known forMitr, My Friend
SpousePradeep Cherian
Children2
AwardsKerala 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

Started 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

As director of photography
YearFilmLanguage Notes
2024TrainTamil
2015Aggedu NayagaMalayalam Short Film-Kerala state Television Award for best Cinematography
2013InfectedHindi
2012Choker PaaniBengali Docu-feature
2009Gulumaal: The EscapeMalayalam
2009Mudhal Mudhal Mudhal VaraiTamil
2008SilandhiTamil
2006UyirTamil
2004In the Shadow of the CobraEnglish
2003WhistleTamil
2003Kucch To HaiHindi
2002IvanTamil
2002Mitr, My FriendEnglish

Direction and cinematography
YearFilmDetails
2017Nadiyude Moonaam Kara[14]Malayalam Fiction 62 Minutes

References
  1. Palicha, Paresh C. (15 January 2014). "The way she sees it". The Hindu.
  2. "A female perspective". 8 March 2017.
  3. "Cinematographer Fowzia Fathima about women's participation in IFFK 2017".
  4. "Short film 'Infected' goes to Busan International Film Festival – Times of India".
  5. "Indian Women Cinematographers Collective".
  6. "The crisis of confidence: Collective sigh against herogiri". 26 December 2017.
  7. "Women get taken advantage of in the industry".
  8. "Cinematographer launches group to assist upcoming professionals in the field". 8 March 2017.
  9. "7 Indian Women Cinematographers We Should Know About". 7 December 2017.
  10. "Glitterati".
  11. "Fowzia Fathima, Shalini Agarwal conduct workshop on practicals of handling camera, sound recording". Archived from the original on 17 October 2018.
  12. "A female perspective". 10 March 2017.
  13. "Women cinematographers: Through a more equal lens". 24 March 2017.
  14. Kumar, P. k Ajith (13 March 2017). "When a woman manned the camera". The Hindu.


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