Kurban Kassam(I)

Kurban produced BAFTA winning TV series "Jungle" for Amazon Studios, and Cyrmu BAFTA winning "Late Shift". He co-produced BAFTA nominated feature film "The Pass" and other A-list festival award winners including Sally Potter's "The Party", "Brakes" and "On The Morning You Wake". Kurban has previously worked on Sundance Award winning feature docs "Who is Dayani Cristal?" and "20,000 Days on Earth", and "The Possibilities are Endless". His first project as co-writer "The Hungry" is available on Amazon Prime following if premiere at TIFF.

Kurban is managing director of Mews Films, a joint venture between Archery Pictures and Elysian Film Group running a slate of comedy features primarily aimed for the UK market. He previously worked with Turbine Studios developing projects including "Small Axe" by Steve McQueen.

He graduated from the National Film and Television School, where he won the Christie Award for outstanding contribution, and has produced or co-produced multiple award winning short films including BAFTA nominated "Orbit Ever After". He is a member of the ACE Producers board, an alumni of Inside Pictures and Film London's Breaking the Glass Ceiling program.