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{{Short description|Indian filmmaker}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Arfaz Ayub
| image =
| birth_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], India<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 July 2024|access-date=5 April 2026|title=Director Arfaz Ayub: Level Cross is not the so-called experimental film|website=[[Cinema Express]]|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/interviews/2024/Jul/25/director-arfaz-ayub-level-cross-is-not-the-so-called-experimental-film}}</ref>
| occupation = {{Hlist|Film director|screenwriter|actor|assistant director}}
| father =
}}

'''Arfaz Ayub''' is an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, and former assistant director who works in [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam films]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite news |date=February 13, 2025 |title=NE's migrant workers issue to be Malayalam filmmaker Arfaz Ayub's next Hindi film topic |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/nes-migrant-workers-issue-to-be-malayalam-filmmaker-arfaz-ayubs-next-hindi-film-topic/articleshow/118205645.cms |access-date=February 13, 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> He made his directorial debut in 2024 with the psychological thriller ''[[Level Cross (film)|Level Cross]]'', which received critical acclaim from critics and audiences.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Arjun |date=July 26, 2024 |title=Level Cross review: A gripping thriller with an intense plot and unusual treatment |url=https://thesouthfirst.com/entertainment/malayalam/level-cross-malayalam-movie-review/ |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=The South First |language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Arfaz Ayub was born and raised in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], India. Arfaz's father [[Adam Ayub]] is an actor and screenwriter who works in the Malayalam film and television industry. He is an alumnus of [[Mar Ivanios College]], Thiruvananthapuram.

== Career ==
Arfaz Ayub assisted director [[Jeethu Joseph]] for several of his films including [[The Body (2019 film)|''The Body'']] (2019), ''[[Drishyam 2]]'' (2021), ''[[Drushyam 2]]'' (2021), [[12th Man (film)|''12th Man'']] (2022), and [[Kooman (film)|''Kooman'']] (2022).<ref>{{Cite web |title=ബാലതാരമായി അരങ്ങേറ്റം, സംവിധായകനാക്കിയത് ജീത്തു ജോസഫ്; അർഫാസ് അയൂബ് അഭിമുഖം |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/movies/interview/2024/08/04/level-cross-director-arfaz-ayub-interview.html |access-date=2026-04-07 |website=ബാലതാരമായി അരങ്ങേറ്റം, സംവിധായകനാക്കിയത് ജീത്തു ജോസഫ്; അർഫാസ് അയൂബ് അഭിമുഖം |language=ml}}</ref> In 2024, he made his directorial debut with the film [[Level Cross (film)|''Level Cross'']], presented by Joseph.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Santhosh |first=Vivek |date=2024-07-26 |title='Level Cross' is not the so-called experimental film: Director Arfaz Ayub |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2024/Jul/26/level-cross-is-not-the-so-called-experimental-film-director-arfaz-ayub |access-date=2025-07-19 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> The film was selected to be screened at the [[55th International Film Festival of India]] in the Indian Panorama section.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MYIFFI {{!}} Detail |url=https://filmguide.iffigoa.org/detail/?id=6117 |access-date=2025-07-19 |website=filmguide.iffigoa.org}}</ref> Whilst attending the 1st [[Guwahati]] Asian Film Festival in February 2025, Ayub announced that he was working on a [[Hindi cinema|Hindi]] feature film that would portray how a section of [[Northeast India]]ns migrate to [[Kerala]] and integrate into the workforce, often in the labour sector.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite news |title=Ayub's lens on migrant workers: Up next, a film on Northeastern labourers in Kerala |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/arfaz-ayubs-lens-on-migrant-workers-up-next-a-film-on-northeastern-labourers-in-kerala/cid/2083425 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250315113732/https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/arfaz-ayubs-lens-on-migrant-workers-up-next-a-film-on-northeastern-labourers-in-kerala/cid/2083425 |archive-date=2025-03-15 |access-date=2025-07-19 |language=en}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== As director ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Notes
!Ref.
|-
|2013-2014
|''[[Bhoot Aaya]]''
|Television series
|
|-
|2024
|[[Level Cross (film)|''Level Cross'']]
|Also screenwriter; Directorial debut
|<ref name=":0" />
|}

==== Assistant Director ====
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Notes
|-
|2013
|[[Horror Story (film)|''Horror Story'']]
|Associate Director
|-
| rowspan="2" |2019
|[[Cabaret (2019 film)|''Cabaret'']]
|Associate Director
|-
|[[The Body (2019 film)|''The Body'']]
|Associate Director
|-
| rowspan="2" |2020
|''[[Undekhi]]''
|Web Series; Associate Director
|-
|''[[Torbaaz]]''
|Associate Director
|-
| rowspan="2" |2021
|''[[Drishyam 2]]''
|Chief Associate Director
|-
|''[[Drushyam 2]]''
|Co-Director
|-
| rowspan="2" |2022
|''[[12th Man (film)|12th Man]]''
|Co-Director
|-
|''[[Kooman (film)|Kooman]]''
|Co-Director
|-
|2024
|''[[Aliya Basu Gayab Hai]]''
|Co-Director
|-
| rowspan="2" |2026
|''[[Valathu Vashathe Kallan]]''
|Chief Associate Director
|-
|''[[Drishyam 3]]''
|Chief Associate Director
|}

==== Acting Credits ====
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
|-
| rowspan="2" |2021
|''[[Drishyam 2]]''
| rowspan="2" |Forensic Assistant
|-
|''[[Drushyam 2]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" |2022
|''[[12th Man (film)|12th Man]]''
|Cashier Suresh
|-
|''[[Kooman (film)|Kooman]]''
|Joyce
|-
|2023
|[[Neru (film)|''Neru'']]
|James
|-
|2024
|''[[Aliya Basu Gayab Hai]]''
|Delivery Boy
|-
|2026
|''[[Valathu Vashathe Kallan]]''
|Emmanuel
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

*{{IMDb name|6398172}}

[[Category:Indian film directors]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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