Nida Manzoor

Nida Manzoor is a British writer and director. She is best known creating the Peacock/Channel 4 comedy show We Are Lady Parts, for which she won the 2021 Rose d'Or Emerging Talent Award, as well as directing two episodes of Doctor Who. Her debut feature film Polite Society released theatrically in 2023 and received great acclaim. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nida Manzoor, licensed under CC BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Doctor Who

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.

Release Date2005-03-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count3173

Polite Society

Martial artist-in-training Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.

Release Date2023-04-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count188

We Are Lady Parts

An anarchic, laugh-out-loud music comedy following a Muslim female punk band called Lady Parts, tracking the highs and lows of the band members as seen through the eyes of Amina Hussein — a geeky doctorate student who is recruited to be their unlikely lead guitarist.

Release Date2021-05-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count12

Vote Count66

7.2

A schoolgirl with amnesia wakes to a deadly ultimatum. Will she get to the library in time to avoid disembowelment?

Release Date2014-10-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Lady Parts

In this quick British comedy short, Amina is a young Muslim guitarist who recently stopped playing due to her nerves. In her pursuit of a man, she seeks the help of Lady Parts, an all-female Muslim punk trio in need of a lead guitarist.

Release Date2018-12-21

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count2

Arcade

Set in a games arcade, schoolgirls Pandora and Ria are engrossed in a shoot-em-up. Their jokes turn to jibes and soon insults start to fly. The arcade becomes a surreal place as the girls confront their frustrations with deadly consequences.

Release Date2013-03-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

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