Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV News
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily Entertainment GuideIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsCannes Film FestivalStar WarsAsian Pacific American Heritage MonthSummer Watch GuideSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign In
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
  • Biography
  • Awards
IMDbPro

Kurban Kassam

  • Producer
  • Location Management
  • Editorial Department
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Kurban Kassam
Kurban produced BAFTA winning TV series "Jungle" for Amazon Studios, and Cyrmu BAFTA winning "Late Shift". He produced or co-produced two films for Sally Potter's "The Party" and "The Roads Not Taken". Kurban has previously worked on Sundance Award winning feature docs "Who is Dayani Cristal?" and "20,000 Days on Earth". His first project as co-writer "The Hungry" is available on Amazon Prime following if premiere at TIFF.

Kurban is now an executive producer at Pulse Films across both Film and Television. Formerly he was managing director of Mews Films, a joint venture between Archery Pictures and Elysian Film Group running a slate of features. He previously worked with Turbine Studios as a development executive on 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.
  • More at IMDbPro
    • Contact info
    • Agent info
    • Resume
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
  • View contact info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    LATE SHIFT directed by Tobias Weber starring Joe Sowerbutts.
    Late Shift
    7.0
    • Producer
    • 2016
    Finn Bennett in The Mouse (2021)
    The Mouse
    8.5
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2021
    Tisca Chopra in The Hungry (2017)
    The Hungry
    7.0
    • Producer
    • 2017
    Akshay Kumar in Gold (2018)
    Gold
    7.3
    • Producer(UK)
    • 2018

    Credits

    Edit
    IMDbPro

    Producer



    • The Birthday Party
      • co-producer
      • Post-production
      • 2025



    • Animal Within (2025)
      Animal Within
      3.9
      • producer
      • 2025
    • Kareena Kapoor in The Buckingham Murders (2023)
      The Buckingham Murders
      5.9
      • line producer
      • 2023
    • Lumbu (2022)
      Lumbu
      Short
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Jungle (2022)
      Jungle
      5.0
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Indi (2022)
      Indi
      Short
      • producer
      • 2022
    • On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World) (2022)
      On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World)
      5.8
      • co-producer
      • 2022
    • Finn Bennett in The Mouse (2021)
      The Mouse
      8.5
      Short
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Persistence (2020)
      Persistence
      9.2
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2020
    • Javier Bardem in The Roads Not Taken (2020)
      The Roads Not Taken
      5.2
      • co-producer
      • 2020
    • Akshay Kumar in Gold (2018)
      Gold
      7.3
      • line producer: UK
      • 2018
    • Samantha Morton, Billie Piper, and Emilia Jones in Two for Joy (2018)
      Two for Joy
      6.1
      • co-producer
      • 2018
    • Tisca Chopra in The Hungry (2017)
      The Hungry
      7.0
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Kristin Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall, Bruno Ganz, Patricia Clarkson, Cherry Jones, Emily Mortimer, and Cillian Murphy in The Party (2017)
      The Party
      6.6
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Julia Davis, Noel Fielding, Kerry Fox, Julian Barratt, Oliver Maltman, Kelly Campbell, and Steve Oram in Brakes (2016)
      Brakes
      4.8
      • producer
      • 2016
    • Russell Tovey and Arinzé Kene in The Pass (2016)
      The Pass
      6.5
      • co-producer
      • 2016

    Location Management



    • Jungle (2022)
      Jungle
      5.0
      TV Series
      • supervising location manager
      • 2022
    • Gormint
      TV Series
      • location manager: London Team
      • 2020
    • Vidya Balan in Shakuntala Devi (2020)
      Shakuntala Devi
      6.2
      • location manager
      • 2020
    • Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor in Street Dancer 3D (2020)
      Street Dancer 3D
      3.7
      • location manager
      • 2020

    Editorial Department



    • Jungle (2022)
      Jungle
      5.0
      TV Series
      • post producer
      • 2022

    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Related news

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb app
    Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
    Follow IMDb on social
    Get the IMDb app
    For Android and iOS
    Get the IMDb app
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • License IMDb Data
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.