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Yousaf Ali Khan
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Yousaf Ali Khan is a British film director. He wrote and directed Skin Deep (2001), a short film about racism, and Talk With Angels (2003), another short film about a young boy whose mother had schizophrenia, a film that was partly autobiographical and which was nominated for an Oscar.Yousaf Ali Khan is a British film director. He wrote and directed Skin Deep (2001), a short film about racism, and Talk With Angels (2003), another short film about a young boy whose mother had schizophrenia, a film that was partly autobiographical and which was nominated for an Oscar. He also directed Angels of Mercy? (2006), a Channel 4 documentary about Keith Mann and the Animal Liberation Front, and Almost Adult (2006), about two teenage girls who emigrate from the Congo and Kenya to the United Kingdom. The Guardian reported in 2005 that he was working on two further films. The Children's House is based on the book by Jewish writer Hetty Verolme, The Children's House of Belsen. Khan himself is a Muslim. His producer, Sanjay Kumar, is a Hindu, and one of the film's major backers is a Palestinian. Some Enchanted Evening, also at the development stage, will explore a mixed-race family growing up in a red-light district. In 2010, the script Giant Land, written by Yousaf Ali Khan won a place at the Tribeca Film Festival, and is due to be produced in 2012 with Chris Richmond, UK production designer. IMDb Mini Bio By: yusufpiskinShow more
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