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Aleem Hossain is an award-winning screenwriter and film director. Read his Ųʿ Story profile.
His sci-fi feature film After We Leave won Best Film at Sci-Fi London and Best Director at the Berlin Sci-Fi Festival. Film Threat called it “a shining example of indie filmmaking at its finest” and it is currently streaming on Amazon. His short films (spanning fiction, documentary, experimental, animated, and AI generated) have screened at Fantastic Fest, Beyond Fest, and the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. His TV series The Half-Life of Azim & Julie is in development with BoomGen Entertainment. At Ųʿ, his teaching is focused on expanding how we tell Film/TV stories and who gets to tell them.
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Prof. Hossain teaching in MAC’s new Media Production Classroom:
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