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Nazrin Choudhury

British screenwriter, director and actress

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Nazrin Choudhury is a British-American screenwriter, director, producer, and actress of Bangladeshi descent. She is best known for her extensive work in American television, and her Academy Award-nominated short film Red, White and Blue.

01Early life

Choudhury was born in South West London, England to parents of Bangladeshi origin. She graduated with a BSc in Biomedical Science from King's College London, and completed an MA in Screenwriting at the Northern Film School, having received a FilmFour Productions/Channel 4 Award.

02Career

Choudhury scripted episodes of British television serials such as Casualty, Doctors, EastEnders and Waterloo Road. She also worked as a storyline writer on Coronation Street. Her radio play Mixed Blood won the Richard Imison Award in 2006.

In 2006, she was awarded a grant for the arts by the Arts Council England for her first novel My England. Her first screenplay Scum won the "Focus on Talent" award, a competition run by DNA Films.

Choudhury was selected as one of the ten finalists for the 2014 Fox Writers Intensive. She moved to the United States and has written for Fox's Houdini and Doyle, Wayward Pines, Amazon's Jack Ryan and most recently, wrote and produced on Fear the Walking Dead. On 17 September 2020, she was announced as the writer of American Radical for Universal, based the memoir written by Kevin Maurer and Tamer Elnoury. It is to be directed by Sam Esmail.

In 2023, Nazrin Choudhury wrote, directed, and produced the Oscar-nominated short film Red, White and Blue starring Brittany Snow and Juliet Donenfeld. Red, White and Blue garnered critical acclaim in the industry, winning both the Grand Jury Prize at the Edmonton International Film Festival and the Industry Choice Award at Dances with Films: New York. The film, which served as Choudhury's directorial debut, earned her an Oscar Nomination at the 96th Academy Awards.

03Personal life

Choudhury is currently based in Los Angeles.

04Filmography

Writer

YearTitleNotesDistributor
2003-2004 EastEnders 2 episodes BBC One
2004-2011 Doctors 4 episodes BBC One
2006 Casualty 2 episodes BBC One
Mixed Blood BBC Radio Play BBC Radio 4
2009 Waterloo Road 1 episode BBC One
2011 Everywhere and Nowhere Additional writing Mara Pictures
2016 Damien 1 episode A&E
Houdini and Doyle 1 episode, Co-producer (10 episodes) Fox
Wayward Pines 1 episode, Co-producer (10 episodes) Fox
2017-2018 Damnation 2 episodes, Supervising producer (10 episodes) USA Network
2018 Jack Ryan 1 episode, Producer Amazon Prime Video
2019 Blood & Treasure 1 episode, Supervising producer (3 episodes) CBS
2020-2023 Fear the Walking Dead 8 episodes, co-executive producer (38 episodes) AMC
2023 Red, White and Blue Live Action Short Film, writer/director -

Actor

YearTitleRole
2001 Mersey Beat Pharmacist (1 episode)
2002 Blood Strangers Air Stewardess (TV Film)
2004 Kismet Road Yasmin Munir (1 episode)
2007 Emmerdale Nurse Gould (2 episodes)
2009 The Royal Today Maya (1 episode)
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