ADNAN   AHMED

SERIES DIRECTOR / PRODUCER

 

t: 07932761711  /  e: adahmed@me.com  

w: https://adnan-ahmed.wixsite.com/adnanahmed

 

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• Observational documentary and current affairs Shooting SD and Edit PD

• I shoot to DOP-standard on Sony Canon C300/FS7/FX9 with prime lenses

• BBC HEFAT (Hostile Environment and First Aid Training - Congo, Mogadishu)

• Canon C300Mk3 kit with prime lenses and radio microphones

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SERIES DIRECTOR - HOMETOWN: ANOTHER KILLING

BBC3 / Forest

Jan 2021 – Present

Journalist Amber Haque returns to her hometown of Cheadle, South Manchester, to explore issues of class, education, race and justice – brought into sharp focus following the tragic death of Manchester school boy Yousef Makki. Self-shooting with my Canon C300 and prime lenses. Executive Producer: Jez Lee

 

CAMERA - THE DETECTIVES: FIGHTING ORGANISED CRIME

BBC2 9PM / Minnow Films

Tx: March 2021 

Filming numerous gang-related police operations. Shooting on my own C300 and prime lenses.

Executive Producer: Morgan Matthews / Series Director: Ben Sanderson

 

SHOOTING P/D - 999: WHAT’S YOUR EMERGENCY

C4 9PM / Blast! Films

Filmed: 2020

Returning to self-shoot observational stories following front-line officers with South Yorkshire Police in the Major Crimes Unit. Executive Producer: David Hodgkinson

 

SHOOTING PD, EDIT DIRECTOR and MASTER INTERVIEWS - 999: WHAT’S YOUR EMERGENCY

Channel 4 9PM / Blast! Films

Filmed: Feb 2019 – October 2019

Shooting and directing observational stories following frontline officers in Northamptonshire Police. I edit produced a 1-hour episode and ran the master interviews during the edit.

 

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR - LONG LOST FAMILY: BORN WITHOUT A TRACE

ITV1 9PM / Wall to Wall

Oct 2020 – Dec 2020

Scripting and directing pivotal scenes in the journeys of two women who were abandoned at birth and are now striving to find their birth parents. Directing DOP and self-shooting on C300. Exec Prod: Sally Benton

 

CAMERA - IBIZA DREAMS

BBC Three / Minnow Films

Aug 2019

Shooting on a new observational series following British teens forging a new life abroad.

Executive Producer: Arthur Cary

 

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR - AFRICA WITH ADE ADEPITAN

BBC2 9PM / BBC Current Affairs

May - Nov 2018

Journalist Ade Adepitan makes an epic journey across central Africa (Gabon, Congo and Uganda.) I directed and edit produced one of four 1-hour films. I also directed shoots in Mogadishu. Exec Prod: Sam Bagnall

 

SHOOTING P/D and EDIT PRODUCER - THE DOCTOR WHO GAVE UP DRUGS

BBC1 9PM / Raw TV

Nov 2017 – Jan 2018

Shooting, producing, directing and edit producing across the series. Dr Chris van Tulleken investigates over-medication in children. Executive Producer: Dominique Walker

 

SHOOTING P/D and EDIT PRODUCER - WORLD’S BUSIEST CITIES: MEXICO CITY

BBC2 8PM / BBC Studios

Feb 2017 – Aug 2017

I shot (Sony FS7), directed and edit produced this 1-hour film about Mexico City through to online.

Executive Producer: Lisa Ausden / Commissioner: Patrick Holland

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2ND CAMERA and SOUND - THIS WORLD: CALAIS, THE END OF THE JUNGLE

DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER - DISPATCHES

BBC2 9PM / Amos Pictures

Sep 2016 – Feb 2017

Second camera and sound recordist for this primetime documentary about the Calais “Jungle” camp. I went on to develop an undercover C4 Dispatches. Executive Producer: Dan Reed

 

SERIES PRODUCER and SHOOTING P/D - FAKE BRITAIN

BBC1 / Rare TV 

Sep 2011 – May 2013 / Mar 2014 – Aug 2016

Delivering 2 series of the consumer show that investigates counterfeit products. Running a team of 5

Shooting P/Ds, APs and researchers. Running multiple edits and EPs cutting 20 episodes across 2 series.

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SHOOTING PD – CHANNEL 4 NEWS: THE KIDS AREN’T ALRIGHT

Channel 4 News / Mandrake Films

Nov 2013 – Feb 2014

Setting up, shooting and edit producing 2 specials reports for Channel 4 News about Britain’s young generation who will, for the first time, have a worse standard of the living than their parents.

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SHOOTING PD, NARRATOR & EDIT DIRECTOR - EXPOSURE: WHO’S DRIVING ON BRITAIN’S ROADS

ITV1 10PM / Rare TV

May 2013 – Oct 2013

Setting up, shooting, edit producing and narrating a 6-month investigation into driving test fraud. Edit producing to final online, grade and delivery. Executive Producers: Peter Lowe and Emma Barker

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EDIT PRODUCER - WORKING LIVES: HUMAN TRAFFIC

BBC World News / Moonbeam-Linx Productions

June 2010

Award-nominated series about vulnerable youngsters being trafficked across the world. Edit producing 2 half-hour films about tobacco pickers in Malawi and Egyptian women being trafficked to Saudi Arabia.

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Education and Qualifications

Sep 2001 – July 2002: Postgraduate Diploma, Broadcast Journalism – City University

    -with Distinction in Diplomacy and International Relations

 

1996 – 1999: BA Hons (2:1), Economic and Social History - University of Bristol