Asif Kapadia

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Asif Kapadia is an Academy Award, Grammy and four time BAFTA winning Producer / Director / Writer who works across both film and television. Kapadia is known for his emotional engaging, visually striking, genre breaking films exploring 'outsiders' characters living in extreme circumstances, fighting against a corrupt or broken system and the price... See full bio »

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Won 1 Oscar. Another 32 wins & 35 nominations. See more awards »

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Senna
Senna Director
(2010)
Amy
Amy Director
(2015)
Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona Director
(2019)
The Warrior
The Warrior Director
(2001)
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 2021/I Laika (Short)
 2021 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything (TV Series documentary)
 2021 The Me You Can't See (TV Mini Series documentary) (5 episodes)
- This Is Me (2021)
- We Need Each Other (2021)
- Finding What Works (2021)
- Asking for Help (2021)
- Say It Out Loud (2021)
 2019 Diego Maradona (Documentary)
 2017 Mindhunter (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- Episode #1.4 (2017)
- Episode #1.3 (2017)
 2016 Ali and Nino
 2015/III Amy (Documentary)
 2013 Standard Operating Procedure (Documentary)
 2012 The Odyssey (Documentary short)
 2010 Senna (Documentary)
 2008/I My World (Short)
 2008 Trancity (Short)
 2008 Uneternal City (Documentary) (segment director)
 2007 Far North
 2006/I The Return
 2002 The Sheep Thief (Short)
 2001 The Warrior
 1996 The Waiting Room (Short)
 1996 Wild West (Short)
 1994 Indian Tales (Short)
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Victoria Harwood Kapadia  (1 child)
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In recent years, I've obviously become more known for doing docs, which are a very different side of my brain. But in my mind they're all part of the same universe. They are all about stories from distant places and often outsiders taking on a corrupt system. See more »

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Kapadia's documentary technique is to avoid the lazy trap of using a lot of talking heads, and instead to dig deep into the available archival material.
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