Asif Kapadia is a British filmmaker. Academy Award, BAFTA and Grammy-winning director Asif Kapadia has made his name directing visually striking films exploring ‘outsiders’, characters living in extreme circumstances, fighting against a corrupt or broken system.
Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and personal freedom have been well and truly obliterated.
Release Date:2024-12-27
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:41
Originally a home video never intended for public viewing, this film captures the final chapter in Roger Federer's legendary tennis career, featuring Roger, his family, and his three main rivals: Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray.
Release Date:2024-06-13
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:59
This music documentary reveals how some of the world's most iconic artists were shaped by this corner of London.
Release Date:2024-05-29
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:8
After 25 years of his record-breaking solo career, Robbie looks back on his younger self and reflects on a lifetime spent in the spotlight.
Release Date:2023-11-08
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:30
The true story about the master thief who stole Edvard Munch’s iconic painting ‘The Scream’ – told by himself! A witty and wildly entertaining film about boyhood dreams, lost friendships and one of the world’s most famous works of art.
Release Date:2023-03-17
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:1
On a remote Arctic research station, a captive creature (played by the English National Ballet’s charismatic principal dancer Jeffrey Cirio) is unwittingly enlisted into a military program that subjects him to sinister experiments. Amid this turmoil, he finds himself enamoured with a cleaner, the only person who shows him kindness; together, these two outsiders dream of escape from their dystopian surrounds.
Release Date:2023-02-23
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:4
Laika, the stray dog that the Soviet Union sent into orbit.
Release Date:2021-10-07
Department:Directing
Job:Director
An immersive, deep-dive docuseries rich with archival footage and interviews that explores the musicians and soundtracks that shaped the culture and politics of 1971.
Release Date:2021-05-21
Department:Directing
Job:Series Director
Episode Count:8
Vote Count:18
Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry join forces to guide honest discussions about mental health.
Release Date:2021-05-20
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:6
Vote Count:6
A mysterious young shaman, on the run protecting a secret gift, joins hands with a seasoned city cop to hunt down a dangerous figure from his dark past. But when he falls for the cop's young daughter, he is torn between duty and love.
Release Date:2021-05-14
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:8
Vote Count:8
Constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centers on the personal life and career of the controversial football player Diego Maradona who played for SSC Napoli and Argentina in the 1980s.
Release Date:2019-06-14
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:401
Three-part documentary series examining the murder of Stephen Lawrence.
Release Date:2018-04-17
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:2
A rookie cop joins the crime branch of the Mumbai police department, and on his first assignment is faced with the dilemma of whether he should shoot a murder suspect who is attempting to escape or not.
Release Date:2017-12-15
Department:Production
Job:Co-Producer
Vote Count:17
An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
Release Date:2017-10-13
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:2547
160 years in the making, a story inspired by the pioneering discoveries of our founder, reimagining key events that have shaped Burberry's history.
Release Date:2016-11-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Supersonic charts the meteoric rise of Oasis from the council estates of Manchester to some of the biggest concerts of all time in just three short years. This palpable, raw and moving film shines a light on one of the most genre and generation-defining British bands that has ever existed and features candid new interviews with Noel and Liam Gallagher, their mother, and members of the band and road crew.
Release Date:2016-10-02
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:217
Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country’s independence or for each other.
Release Date:2016-01-27
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:74
Filmed over 14 months with unprecedented access into the inner circle of the man and the sport, this is the first official and fully authorised film of one of the most celebrated figures in football. For the first time ever, the world gets vividly candid and un-paralleled, behind-closed-doors access to the footballer, father, family-man and friend in this moving & fascinating documentary. Through in-depth conversations, state of the art football footage and never before seen archival footage, the film gives an astonishing insight into the sporting and personal life of triple Ballon D'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo at the peak of his career. From the makers of ‘Senna’ and ‘Amy’, Ronaldo takes audiences on an intimate and revealing journey of what it’s like to live as an iconic athlete in the eye of the storm.
Release Date:2015-11-09
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:384
A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.
Release Date:2015-07-02
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1249
Yasiin Bey appears in a video demonstrating the Standard Operating Procedure for force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay.
Release Date:2013-07-07
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Hackney-born Kapadia combines epic aerial images and the voices of Londoners to chart the city's turbulent yet inspiring journey from 2005 to the 2012 Olympics.
Release Date:2012-06-24
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:2
The remarkable story of Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna, charting his physical and spiritual achievements on the track and off, his quest for perfection, and the mythical status he has since attained, is the subject of Senna, a documentary feature that spans the racing legend's years as an F1 driver, from his opening season in 1984 to his untimely death a decade later.
Release Date:2010-10-07
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1067
In the arctic, as Saiva is being born, a shaman declares that she is evil and will bring harm to all who become involved with her. Saiva is cast out of her tribe of herders and grows up to live a nomadic existence with Anja, a young woman she adopts as an infant. Then Loki, an injured and starving soldier, stumbles into their isolated lives. The women nurse him back to health, but treachery, violence and doom await them all.
Release Date:2008-10-09
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:51
Joanna Mills has a successful career but feels her personal life is spinning out of control. She has few friends, an estranged father, and a crazy ex-boyfriend who is stalking her. Joanna begins having terrifying visions of a woman's murder, and it seems that she is the killer's next target. Determined to solve the mystery and escape her apparent fate, Joanna follows her visions to the victim's hometown and finds that some secrets just do not stay buried.
Release Date:2006-11-10
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:631
A bypass somewhere in Rajasthan. Two muggers encounter a corrupt police officer after committing murder; nobody is trustworthy. Who is the most violent?
Release Date:2003-08-13
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:5
This critically acclaimed DVD contains 16 of the best classic and award winning British short films and delivers a snapshot of British cinema past and present. It includes films from Britain's most exciting new talent alongside early shorts from it's most successful filmmakers' amongst them Chris Nolan (Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins), Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Alien), Mike Leigh (Secrets and Lies) and Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours). 01 About a Girl - Brian Percival 02 Boy & Bicycle - Ridley Scott 03 Dear Phone - Peter Greenaway 04 Doodlebug - Christopher Nolan 05 Eight - Stephen Daldry 06 Gasman - Lynne Ramsay 07 Girl Chewing Gum - John Smith 08 Home - Morag McKinnon 09 Joyride - Jim Gillespie 10 Inside Out - Tom & Charles Guard 11 Je Taime John Wayne - Toby Macdonald 12 The Sheep Thief - Asif Kapadia 13 The Short & Curlies - Mike Leigh 14 Telling Lies - Simon Ellis 15 UK Images - Martin Parr 16 Whos My Favourite Girl? - Adrian J. McDowall
Release Date:2003-05-05
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Self - Commentary, The Sheep Thief (voice)
Vote Count:5
In feudal India, a warrior who renounces his role as the longtime enforcer to a local lord becomes the prey in a murderous hunt through the Himalayan mountains.
Release Date:2001-09-23
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:37
The last day of creation. A stranger arrives in London. No one knows who he is or where he has come from. By the time he leaves, the entire universe will have been erased.
Release Date:2000-03-01
Character:Gwupigrubynudny-landians
Vote Count:19
A young boy gets caught stealing a sheep and is shaved of all his hair and branded with a mark on his forehead so that everyone will know that he is a thief and not to be trusted. Dumped in the desert, the thief covers his marking with a headscarf and goes to the nearest village where he is taken in by a trusting family in return for his work. However, has be actually changed or is he still the same thief at heart?
Release Date:1997-05-16
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:11
Mickey enters a large institutional waiting room and dutifully collects his ticket. When numbers are called, the relevant ticket holder exits the room, never to return. As Mickey notices that his ticket is a different colour to everybody else, he is forced to decide whether to keep or swap it.
Release Date:1996-01-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
A young woman exacts revenge on her boyfriend when she discovers that he has cheated on her, but have events been shaped by other forces?
Release Date:1994-10-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Pariah is chained to a rock on a strip that hangs in space. The rock thinks he's there to help. Pariah thinks otherwise.
Release Date:1994-01-01
Character:The Rock (voice)