Fowzia Fathima


Fowzia Fathima is an Indian film cinematographer, producer, academic and director. Fowzia is known for her cinematography on feature films such as Mitr, My Friend 2012, Gulumaal: The Escape 2009 and Uyir 2006. She is an intuitive practitioner of Cinematography across media technologies, a hands-on Academic with an eye trained in history of art practices along with a wide range of experience in Film Production and Teaching in contemporary cinema based in India.
Fowzia Fathima, an alumnus of Film and Television Institute of India, has also worked as professor and head of department of cinematography at SRFTI and has directed short film Infected that screened at Busan International Film Festival. Fowzia is the founder of
“ Indian Women Cinematographers Collective" connecting most practicing professionals in the country today, a forum that functions as a peer group to share experiences and lead founded 2017.

Career

Started career as an assistant to P.C. Sreeram, Fowzia made her debut as an independent camera person with the Revathi directed film Mitr, My Friend, along with an all female technical crew. Fowzia is also the first ever independent woman cinematographer in Malayalam cinema as well as the force behind Indian Women Cinematographers' collective.

Filmography

As director of photography

YearFilmLanguageNotes
2002Mitr, My FriendEnglish
2002IvanTamil
2003Kucch To HaiHindi
2003WhistleTamil
2004In the Shadow of the CobraEnglish
2006UyirTamil
2008SilandhiTamil
2009Mudhal Mudhal Mudhal VaraiTamil
2009Gulumaal: The EscapeMalayalam
2012Choker PaaniBengaliDocu-feature
2013InfectedHindi
2015Aggedu NayagaMalayalamShort Film-Kerala state Television Award for best Cinematography
2024QadeessoMalayalam
2025TrainTamil