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Asif Kapadia
Writer 54 years old

Asif Kapadia

Hackney, London, England, UK

Asif Kapadia (born 1972) is a British filmmaker. Kapadia is best known for his trilogy of narratively driven, archive-constructed documentaries: Senna, Amy, and Diego Maradona. Description above from the Wikipedia article Asif Kapadia, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of... Read full bio →

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Amy

Amy

Asif Kapadia 2015 2h 8m 7.7

A documentary on the late singer/songwriter, who died of alcohol poisoning in 2011.

Far North

Far North

Asif Kapadia 2007 1h 29m 5.0

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 Warrior

The Warrior

Asif Kapadia 2001 1h 26m 5.5

In feudal India, a warrior (Khan) who renounces his role as the longtime enforcer to a local lord becomes the prey in a murderous hunt through the Himalayan mountains.

The Sheep Thief

The Sheep Thief

Asif Kapadia 1997 24m

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.

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