SHEHZAD HAMEED AHMAD
Shehzad Hameed Ahmad is an investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker with experience that spans over 20 years, directing over 100 documentary films. Ahmad’s work has pushed our understanding of the globe by filming with some of the most difficult to access stories ranging from embedding with the III% white militia group in the backwaters of Alabama, uncovering Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s group Lashkar-e-Taiba, unmasking the Hindutva-RSS backed fake news peddlers in Rajasthan, exposing the strategies of female ISIS recruiters in Marawi, covering Nepali child marriages and under-age dowry deaths, exposing illegal gold miners in Brazil's protected Amazon rainforests, going underwater to reveal the coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef's to filming with the Taliban during the War against Terror in Afghanistan.
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Shehzad’s work has broadcast on Al Jazeera, TVF International, VICE, National Geographic, Deutsche Welle, CNA amongst others. Ahmad was honoured with the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation from the King of Spain in 2014. His work has won 10 World Medal at New York Festivals, 3 Global Media Awards in Germany, Green Image Award in Japan, 2 Handle Climate Change Film Awards in China, Singapore's Gender Equality Impact Change-maker Award 2020. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a MA in Documentary Filmmaking from NYU.

About SHA FILMS
Films | TV Shows | Creative Development
We’re an award-winning, independent documentary film production company based in Dubai, Singapore and Colombia. Founded in 2021 to produce thought-provoking and engaging media, Shehzad Hameed Ahmad Films has since become a leading creator in independent documentary. Our work is known for its deep integrity, highly skilled craft, and ability to push boundaries, entertain and inspire.
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