Ali Kazimi

Ali Kazimi (pronounced KA-zim-E) (born 1961) is an Indian-born Canadian film-maker and writer.

Born and raised in India, Kazimi attended St. Columba's School and graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University in 1982. While pursuing a master's degree at the Mass Communications Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia University he was selected for a scholarship to study film making in the Department of Film, Faculty of Fine Arts at York University in Toronto Canada. Kazimi is now the Chair of the Department of Cinema and Media Arts at York University, having joined as a full-time faculty member in 2006.

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 (MIFF 2006), Gold Plaque (Chicago International Film Festival, 1995), Golden Gate Award, (San Francisco International Film Festival, 1995) and Best Director Award (Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 1995).

Kazimi's films have been described as "passionate, thought-provoking, brilliant". He was named the Best Documentarian in Toronto by NOW Magazine's Best of Toronto 2005 issue with the citation: "In a city crowded with great documentary filmmakers—Allan King, John Walker, Richard Fung, Laura Sky, Peter Lynch—Ali Kazimi stands out. Trained as a cinematographer, he pays close attention to the visual plan of all his films. But it's the larger project that's impressive. Whether it's the story of an Iroquois photographer, Canadian government racism or villagers resisting an Indian mega-dam, there's a common thread. Kazimi's films are both the ongoing diary of an immigrant and a wide-ranging critique of hidden power."

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