Mission
• Creates author driven documentary films with cinematic storytelling and cross cultural insight.
• Collaborates with media organisations and cultural institutions across film, photography, and visual storytelling.
• Open to commissions, partnerships, and teaching across institutional and independent contexts.
Gaylan Nazhad
Creative Director
BA-Drama
MA-Documentary by Practice
PhD-Art and Media
Gaylan Nazhad is a Kurdish British artist working across photography and documentary film, exploring identity, displacement, and cultural and social interaction.
He began his career in 1992 as a television presenter in South Kurdistan, later moving into theatre directing before developing a body of documentary films and long term photographic projects.
After graduating from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2009, he went on to lecture internationally, teaching at universities across the Middle East and China.