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{{short description|Indian-born Canadian film director}}
{{For|Pakistani–Canadian actor|Ali Kazmi}}
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'''Ali Kazimi''' (born 1961) is an Indo-Canadian filmmaker, media artist and writer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/asianheritage/2008/04/cbc_vancouver_community_films.html|title=CBC Film Screenings for Asian Heritage Month|date=23 April 2008|work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|accessdate=16 May 2010}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Born and raised in [[India]], Kazimi attended [[St. Columba's School, Delhi|St. Columba's School]] and graduated from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]], [[Delhi University]] in 1982. He was awarded a scholarship to study film production at [[York University]] in Toronto Canada, in 1983 and graduated with BFA (honours) from the Department of Film in 1987. He joined the Department of Film, as a full-time faculty member in 2006 and served as the Chair of, what is now known as, the Department of Cinema and Media Arts from 2015-16.{{fact|date=July 2019}}

==Films==
Kazimi has created a critically acclaimed body of work dealing with issues of race, immigration, history and social justice. His films have won more than thirty awards and nominations including the [[Gemini Award]], [[Golden Conch]] ([[Mumbai International Film Festival|MIFF]] 2006), [[Gold Plaque]] ([[Chicago International Film Festival]], 1995), [[San Francisco International Film Festival|Golden Gate Award]], ([[San Francisco International Film Festival]], 1995) and Best Director Award ([[Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival]], 1995).{{fact|date=July 2019}}

==Honors==
Kazimi was named the Best Documentarian in Toronto by [[Now (newspaper)|NOW Magazine]]'s Best of Toronto 2005.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://nowtoronto.com/news/best-of-toronto-film/ |title = Best of Toronto - Film|date = 27 October 2005}}</ref>

In 2019, Kazimi was one of 8 recipients of the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts - "Kazimi’s lovingly rendered and profoundly insightful works demonstrate a deep-rooted empathy for his subjects, a singular cinematic eye, and an unflinching commitment to shedding light on difficult truths."<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://ggavma.canadacouncil.ca/ali-kazimi | title=Ali Kazimi}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web | url=http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/ali-kazimi-wins-governor-generals-award | title=Ali Kazimi Wins Governor General's Award – Point of View Magazine}}</ref> The same year he also received an honorary degree, D. Litt. ''honoris causa'' from the University of British Columbia.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://graduation.ubc.ca/event/honorary-degrees/2019-honorary-degree-recipients/ | title=2019 Honorary Degree Recipients | Graduation at UBC}}</ref>

==Films==
* ''Narmada: A Valley Rises'' (1994)
* ''Shooting Indians'' (1997)
* ''Some Kind of Arrangement'' (1998)
* ''[[Continuous Journey (film)|Continuous Journey]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Runaway Grooms]]'' (2005)
* ''Random Acts of Legacy'' (2016)

==Book==
* ''Undesirables: White Canada and the Komagata Maru - An Illustrated History'' (2012)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.Alikazimi.ca/ Official web site]
*{{IMDb name|0005629}}

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[[Category:1961 births]]
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[[Category:Canadian cinematographers]]
[[Category:Canadian documentary filmmakers]]
[[Category:Canadian Muslims]]
[[Category:Film directors from Toronto]]
[[Category:Indian emigrants to Canada]]
[[Category:Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:University of Delhi alumni]]
[[Category:York University alumni]]
[[Category:York University faculty]]
[[Category:Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts winners]]
[[Category:Canadian people of Indian descent]]

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