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Nadia Latif

Director

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Jessica Stewart

Nadia Latif is a theatremaker and film director.

Her theatre career has included work for the Almeida, Donmar, Royal Shakespeare Company, National and Bush theatres.

She trained as a director at RADA under Bill Gaskill. From 2018 to 2020, she was Associate Director of the Young Vic Theatre, during which she directed Jackie Sibblies-Drury’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fairview. Nadia and Sibblies-Drury followed that up in 2022 with a production of Marys Seacole at the Donmar Warehouse.

Her first short film, White Girl was funded by the BFI and screened in competition at the 2019 LFF. In 2020, she directed a short sci-fi film for Film4, They Heard Him Shout Allahu Akbar. In 2019, she was one of Screen International’s Stars of Tomorrow, and in 2020 she was a Sundance Screenwriters Lab fellow.

She has completed her debut feature film, The Man in My Basement, starring Corey Hawkins and Willem Dafoe, and has other films in development with Film4, LuckyChap and Home Team.

Credits

THEATRE
Production (role):
UNDER THE SHADOW
Company:
Almeida Theatre
Project details:
Adapted by Carmen Nasr, from Babak Anvari’s BAFTA-winning horror film.
Production (role):
MARYS SEACOLE
Company:
Donmar Warehouse
Project details:
Written by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Production (role):
FAIRVIEW
Company:
Young Vic Theatre
Project details:
Pulitzer prize winning play written by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Production (role):
HEART OF DARKNESS (In Development)
Project details:
Written by Brad Birch

In Development
Production (role):
FREEDOM ROAD (In Development)
Project details:
A new musical Written by Ben Ockrent and Raleigh Ritchie
Production (role):
HOUSE OF SAUD (In Development)
Project details:
Written by Omar El-Khairy
Production (role):
NIGHTCLUBBING
Company:
Lowry/Camden People's Theatre/Tour
Project details:
Written by Rachael Young
Production (role):
FALL OF THE KINGDOM, RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER
Company:
RSC
Project details:
Written by Somalia Seaton
Production (role):
THE CALM (Workshop)
Company:
RSC
Project details:
Written by Inua Ellams
Production (role):
OCTAGON
Company:
Arcola Theatre
Project details:
Written by Kristiana Colon
Production (role):
HOMEGROWN
Company:
NYT
Project details:
Co-Created with Omar El Khairy
Production (role):
EVEN STILLNESS BREATHES SLOWLY AGAINST A BRICK WALL
Company:
Soho Theatre
Production (role):
SAVED
Company:
Drama Centre
Project details:
Written by Edward Bond
Production (role):
BUT I CD ONLY WHISPER
Company:
Arcola Theatre
Project details:
Written by Kristiana Colon
Production (role):
CARROT
Company:
Latitude/Theatre503
Project details:
Written by Ben Ockrent
Production (role):
COALITION
Company:
Theatre503
Production (role):
WILD HORSES
Company:
Theatre503
Project details:
Written by Nimer Rashed
Production (role):
SLAVES
Company:
Theatre503
Project details:
Written by Rex Obano
Production (role):
THE BALLAD OF CRAZY PAOLA
Company:
Arcola Theatre
Project details:
Written by Arne Sierens
Production (role):
IN THE HEART OF AMERICA
Company:
RADA
Project details:
Written by Naomi Wallace
Production (role):
THE DAUGHTER IN LAW
Company:
RADA
Project details:
Written by D H Lawrence
FILM
Production (role):
THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT
Company:
Protagonist / Andscape / BOB FilmHouse / Goodgate Media
Project details:
Based on the novel by Walter Mosley

Written by Walter Mosley and Nadia Latif
Production (role):
THEY HEARD HIM SHOUT ALLAHU AKBAR
Company:
Fruit Tree Media / Film4
Project details:
Short film
Production (role):
MY ENGLAND
Company:
Young Vic Theatre
Project details:
Short Film Series
Production (role):
WHITE GIRL
Company:
BFI
Project details:
Short Film
TELEVISION
Production (role):
CULPRITS
Company:
Character7 / Disney+
Project details:
Writer (1 episode)
IN DEVELOPMENT
Production (role):
WELCOME
Company:
Home Team Content / Film4 / BFI
Project details:
Feature film in development with writer Omar El-Khairy
Production (role):
UNTITLED REFUGEE HORROR FILM (In Development)
Project details:
Feature Film In Development
Production (role):
UNTITLED EROTIC THRILLER (In Development)
Project details:
Feature Film In Development
Production (role):
UNTITLED DETECTIVE DRAMA (In Development)
Company:
Paramount
Project details:
Television Series In Development
ADDITIONAL WORK
Date: 2009-2011
Production (role):
Associate Director
Company:
Theatre503
Date: 2012-2016
Production (role):
Board Member
Company:
Talawa
Date: 2017
Production (role):
Board Member
Company:
Stage Directors UK
Production (role):
BFI Net:Work@LFF
Project details:
Selected to receive BFI support for film work

Credits

  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): UNDER THE SHADOW
    Company: Almeida Theatre
    Project details: Adapted by Carmen Nasr, from Babak Anvari’s BAFTA-winning horror film.
  • Production (role): MARYS SEACOLE
    Company: Donmar Warehouse
    Project details: Written by Jackie Sibblies Drury
  • Production (role): FAIRVIEW
    Company: Young Vic Theatre
    Project details: Pulitzer prize winning play written by Jackie Sibblies Drury
  • Production (role): HEART OF DARKNESS (In Development)
    Company:
    Project details: Written by Brad Birch

    In Development
  • Production (role): FREEDOM ROAD (In Development)
    Company:
    Project details: A new musical Written by Ben Ockrent and Raleigh Ritchie
  • Production (role): HOUSE OF SAUD (In Development)
    Company:
    Project details: Written by Omar El-Khairy
  • Production (role): NIGHTCLUBBING
    Company: Lowry/Camden People's Theatre/Tour
    Project details: Written by Rachael Young
  • Production (role): FALL OF THE KINGDOM, RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER
    Company: RSC
    Project details: Written by Somalia Seaton
  • Production (role): THE CALM (Workshop)
    Company: RSC
    Project details: Written by Inua Ellams
  • Production (role): OCTAGON
    Company: Arcola Theatre
    Project details: Written by Kristiana Colon
  • Production (role): HOMEGROWN
    Company: NYT
    Project details: Co-Created with Omar El Khairy
  • Production (role): EVEN STILLNESS BREATHES SLOWLY AGAINST A BRICK WALL
    Company: Soho Theatre
    Project details:
  • Production (role): SAVED
    Company: Drama Centre
    Project details: Written by Edward Bond
  • Production (role): BUT I CD ONLY WHISPER
    Company: Arcola Theatre
    Project details: Written by Kristiana Colon
  • Production (role): CARROT
    Company: Latitude/Theatre503
    Project details: Written by Ben Ockrent
  • Production (role): COALITION
    Company: Theatre503
    Project details:
  • Production (role): WILD HORSES
    Company: Theatre503
    Project details: Written by Nimer Rashed
  • Production (role): SLAVES
    Company: Theatre503
    Project details: Written by Rex Obano
  • Production (role): THE BALLAD OF CRAZY PAOLA
    Company: Arcola Theatre
    Project details: Written by Arne Sierens
  • Production (role): IN THE HEART OF AMERICA
    Company: RADA
    Project details: Written by Naomi Wallace
  • Production (role): THE DAUGHTER IN LAW
    Company: RADA
    Project details: Written by D H Lawrence
  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT
    Company: Protagonist / Andscape / BOB FilmHouse / Goodgate Media
    Project details: Based on the novel by Walter Mosley

    Written by Walter Mosley and Nadia Latif
  • Production (role): THEY HEARD HIM SHOUT ALLAHU AKBAR
    Company: Fruit Tree Media / Film4
    Project details: Short film
  • Production (role): MY ENGLAND
    Company: Young Vic Theatre
    Project details: Short Film Series
  • Production (role): WHITE GIRL
    Company: BFI
    Project details: Short Film
  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): CULPRITS
    Company: Character7 / Disney+
    Project details: Writer (1 episode)
  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): WELCOME
    Company: Home Team Content / Film4 / BFI
    Project details: Feature film in development with writer Omar El-Khairy
  • Production (role): UNTITLED REFUGEE HORROR FILM (In Development)
    Company:
    Project details: Feature Film In Development
  • Production (role): UNTITLED EROTIC THRILLER (In Development)
    Company:
    Project details: Feature Film In Development
  • Production (role): UNTITLED DETECTIVE DRAMA (In Development)
    Company: Paramount
    Project details: Television Series In Development
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2009-2011
    Production (role): Associate Director
    Company: Theatre503
    Project details:
  • Date: 2012-2016
    Production (role): Board Member
    Company: Talawa
    Project details:
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): Board Member
    Company: Stage Directors UK
    Project details:
  • Date:
    Production (role): BFI Net:Work@LFF
    Company:
    Project details: Selected to receive BFI support for film work
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