Biography

Starting his career as an actor, Riyadh Haque quickly moved behind the camera. His multi-award winning work displays his all-round capability as an editor, DP, AD, writer and director. He has had screenings worldwide in various HOD roles including London Short Film Festival, Raindance, Slamdance and Screentest with everything from 14-second winning shorts to 17-minute dramas.

Selected for Creative England's South West Talent Module in 2015 and BFI NET.WORK x BAFTA Crew scheme in 2017.
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Extreme close ups especially lips, eyes and cigarettes.

Uses natural daylight.

Prefers to shoot handheld.

Stories centre around women.

Incorporates water/bodies of water and red clothing into his films.

Graduated from the University of Southampton with a BA in Film Studies.

Selected for Creative England's South West Talent Module.

Selected for BFI NET.WORK x BAFTA Crew as a director.

[on his filmmaking origins] But my love of film came from appearing in them. A film contact I'd met at college gave me the opportunity to start making them and from that moment I really wanted to hold a camera and discover how they were made. Now all I want to do is learn the tricks of the trade. I visualise what we're going to make before I even touch a camera.