Haider Rashid is a British

British people

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 London

London

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-based director

Film director

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, producer

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 and writer

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Early life

Born in Florence

Florence

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, Italy

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 to an Iraqi

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 father and Italian mother. At a young age, Rashid has been working as an actor and later became a camera operator and editor for television.

The first short film that he wrote, produced, directed and edited was Come Acqua in 2004 which was screened at the Marche’ du Film of the Cannes Film Festival. Towards the end of 2004, he moved to London to study film.

Rashid wrote, produced, directed and edited Between Two Lands in 2005, a portrayal of four members of the second generation of Iraqi expatriates. The film was commissioned by the independent Iraqi channel Al-Fayhaa TV and screened in various festivals around the world including the Cannes Film Festival.

He has also participated in a workshop with Iranian director Babak Payami

Babak Payami

-Biography:Born in Tehran in 1966, Baback Payami studied cinema at the University of Toronto during the early 90's. In 1998, he returned to Iran after an almost two decade to produce and direct his debut "One More Day" or “Secret Ballot”. This flim describes what happens on election day when an...

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Filmography as director, producer and writer

• Come Acqua (2004)
• Between Two Lands (2005)
• Haphazardly (2007)
• Tangled Up In Blue

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