Canadian/British writer and director Shamim Sarif has just completed her fifth feature film, Polarized. Her previous features as writer/director include Despite the Falling Snow, (Rebecca Ferguson and Charles Dance) based on Shamim’s acclaimed second novel. The movie garnered 13 awards.
Her feature ‘The World Unseen’ debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival and London FF before garnering 23 awards internationally.
Series directing credits include Diggstown (CBC/Fox), SkyMed (Paramount Plus) and upcoming Season 4 of You (Berlanti/Netflix)
Her latest books, The Athena Protocol and The Shadow Mission (HarperCollins) are being developed as a series with Village Roadshow and Gran Via Productions (Breaking Bad).
Shamim was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars) in 2019. She is also a member of BAFTA, the Writers Guild of America, the Director’s Guild of Canada and the Canadian Media Producers Association. She lives in Toronto and London.