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Fawzia Mirza

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"I believe in the power of comedy, art and telling your own story as an essential way of breaking down barriers, changing the world, and saving lives. Art saved my life."

Fawzia is a queer, South Asian Muslim she & they writer and director.

Fawzia co-wrote the feature SIGNATURE MOVE (world premiered at SXSW, screened 150+ film festivals, won 15 awards). She wrote on CBS series THE RED LINE, from Greg Berlanti & Ava Duvernay; her episode marked the first queer, Muslim romance on network TV. She is a White House Champion of Change in Asian American Art & Storytelling, a Tribeca Film Institute All-Access alum, a 'Yes, And Laughter Lab' Winner, an Islamic Scholarship Fund Winner, has been nominated for The Iris Prize and is part of the 2021/2022 cohort of the Canadian Academy Directors Program for Women.

She wrote and directed on the TikTok series HIDDEN CANYONS (5.6m+ views), the award-winning NOOR & LAYLA (Outfest, BlackStar, Bentonville, Bend, Calgary, St. John's Women's Film Festival) and directed the rom-com short THE SYED FAMILY XMAS EVE GAME NIGHT (world-premiered TIFF 2021) named one of Xtra's 'Top 10 Films' at TIFF and one of Harper's Bazaar "16 Best Christmas Movies of 2021." She wrote/will direct the feature film ME, MY MOM & SHARMILA in 2022, supported by TIFF Writers Studio, TIFF Filmmaker Lab, Telefilm Canada, the 2021 International Finance Forum at TIFF, SFFILM and The Gotham. Her new short AUNTIE, executive produced by Paul Feig world premieres in 2022.
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Known for

Fawzia Mirza and Sari Sanchez in Signature Move (2017)
Signature Move
5.7
  • Writer
  • 2017
Jeremy Glazer, Jamie Renée Smith, Jackson Davis, Sufe Bradshaw, Sean Samuels, Brant Rotnem, and Tonatiuh in Hidden Canyons (2020)
Hidden Canyons
8.4
TV Series
  • Director
I Know Her (2019)
I Know Her
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Short
  • Director
  • 2019
Vanita Kalra in Auntie (2022)
Auntie
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  • 2022

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Director

  • Me, My Mom & Sharmila
    • Pre-production
  • Vanita Kalra in Auntie (2022)
    Auntie
  • Jeremy Glazer, Jamie Renée Smith, Jackson Davis, Sufe Bradshaw, Sean Samuels, Brant Rotnem, and Tonatiuh in Hidden Canyons (2020)
    Hidden Canyons
  • Bite Size Holiday (2020)
    Bite Size Holiday
  • The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night (2021)
    The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night
    • (directed by)
  • Noor & Layla (2021)
    Noor & Layla
  • Kulsoom Aftab Ahmed in Shadow (2019)
    Shadow
  • I Know Her (2019)
    I Know Her
  • The Queen of My Dreams (2012)
    The Queen of My Dreams

Writer

  • Me, My Mom & Sharmila
    • Pre-production
  • Heirloom
  • Vanita Kalra in Auntie (2022)
    Auntie
  • Jeremy Glazer, Jamie Renée Smith, Jackson Davis, Sufe Bradshaw, Sean Samuels, Brant Rotnem, and Tonatiuh in Hidden Canyons (2020)
    Hidden Canyons
  • Bite Size Holiday (2020)
    Bite Size Holiday
  • Noor & Layla (2021)
    Noor & Layla
  • Five Times A Day
  • Kulsoom Aftab Ahmed in Shadow (2019)
    Shadow
  • I Know Her (2019)
    I Know Her
  • Noel Fisher in The Red Line (2019)
    The Red Line
  • Fawzia Mirza and Sari Sanchez in Signature Move (2017)
    Signature Move
  • Spunkle (2016)
    Spunkle
  • The First Session (2015)
    The First Session
  • Brown Girl Problems (2014)
    Brown Girl Problems
  • Kam Kardashian (2012)
    Kam Kardashian
  • The Queen of My Dreams (2012)
    The Queen of My Dreams

Actress

  • 4400 (2021)
    4400
  • Five Times A Day
  • Kulsoom Aftab Ahmed in Shadow (2019)
    Shadow
  • I Know Her (2019)
    I Know Her
  • Computer Hackers (2019)
    Computer Hackers
  • I Am Not Broken (2018)
    I Am Not Broken
  • Silhouettes (2017)
    Silhouettes
  • Fawzia Mirza and Sari Sanchez in Signature Move (2017)
    Signature Move
  • Spunkle (2016)
    Spunkle
  • Her Story (2015)
    Her Story
  • The First Session (2015)
    The First Session
  • Piled Higher and Deeper: Still in Grad School (2015)
    Piled Higher and Deeper: Still in Grad School
  • Dannielle Owens-Reid, Nnamdi Ngwe, Mo Welch, and Dani Colucci in Plus One (2015)
    Plus One
  • Sugarhiccup (2014)
    Sugarhiccup
  • Brown Girl Problems (2014)
    Brown Girl Problems
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Sex, Sin & 69
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Sex, Sin & 69
I AM NOT BROKEN - Trailer
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I AM NOT BROKEN - Trailer

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