Azhur Saleem

<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><p>Azhur was born in Manchester, UK. With a lifelong passion for filmmaking, he has been working towards his dream since being a young boy. After university, he became an assistant editor at a post-house in Manchester, then moved to London to work in the production offices of a music video company.</p><p>He then enrolled onto the MA course at the London Film School where he was involved with many short films as director, producer, editor and numerous other roles. He specified in writing and directing for his graduation film. Azhur also won two awards for his spec commercial for Pilsner Urquell, "The Travelling Magician" at the Kodak Student Commercials Awards in 2005, the first time an LFS student had won in over a decade.</p><p>His first commission was to write and direct the film school's 50th Anniversary Trailer, which is now screened at all film school events and screenings across the UK as well as events in Europe and the US. The spot was nominated for a Young Director Award at the Cannes Golden Lions in 2007.</p><p>Since becoming freelance, Azhur has worked for clients ranging from BBC Films and HBO Films, WaterAid, Ford Motors and General Motors in the US. His last commercial was for Ford Mustang, commissioned by JWT Team Detroit and Filmaka.com and screened on NBC with the latest Knight Rider series. He also wrote a viral for Snickers through BBDO New York.</p><p>He is currently working on his feature script, "The Marionette Unit". The proof-of-concept trailer has garnered a lot of interest and support for the film. The film's official&nbsp;<a href="http://www.themarionetteunit.com" mce_href="http://www.themarionetteunit.com" target="_blank">website</a>&nbsp;has reached almost 3 million hits and interest has come from various producers and financiers in London and in LA, including people from Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox.</p><p>He is also developing a 13-part television series as well as a number of shorts and spec commercials.</p></span></p>

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