Biografia
Fawzia Mirza is a White House Champion of Change, an alumna of the Tribeca Film Institute and Ryan Murphy's Half Initiative directing program, and a recipient of the Islamic Scholarship Fund. Her feature script "Heirloom" was included in the 2022 Muslim List, published by The Black List. She co-wrote and starred in the feature film "Signature Move," which premiered at SXSW, won 15 awards including the US Grand Jury Prize at Outfest, and featured Indian film legend Shabana Azmi as her mother. Mirza wrote for CBS's "The Red Line," executive produced by Greg Berlanti and Ava DuVernay; her episode showcased the first queer, Muslim romance on network television. Her award-winning shorts — including "The Queen of My Dreams," "Saya," "Spunkle," "The First Session," "Reclaiming Pakistan," and "The Streets Are Ours" — have screened globally. She wrote and directed "Noor & Layla" (screened at BlackStar, Bentonville, Short of the Week, and distributed by Frameline Voices, CBC Gem, and Argo) and co-wrote "Brown Elephant" with Kausar Mohammed, commissioned by 20th Digital Studio and viewed 2.3 million times on Twitter. Mirza directed the award-winning TikTok series "Hidden Canyons" and the rom-com "The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night," which premiered at TIFF, was named to Canada's Top 10, and featured on Harper's Bazaar's "Best Christmas Movies of 2021." Her short film "Auntie," executive produced by Paul Feig, screened at Aspen Shortsfest and Hamptons International and is now streaming on The New Yorker. She executive produced the feature documentary "Coming Around," which premiered at Thessaloniki, as well as the upcoming documentary "Gifted," also executive produced by Andria Wilson Mirza, Samantha Curley, and Chase Joynt. Currently, she is in post-production on her directorial feature debut, "The Queen of My Dreams," filmed in Canada and Pakistan. This mother-daughter dramedy, centered around the song "Mere Sapnon Ki Rani," was part of TIFF's Writer Studio and Filmmaker Lab and stars Amrit Kaur ("Sex Lives of College Girls"), Nimra Bucha ("Ms. Marvel"), and Hamza Haq ("Transplant").
