Ar. Siraj Zaidi


FULL CIRCLE (short) – Director Simon Fitzmoris 2002

                                 TAILOR OF PANAMA - Director John Boorman 2000

ACTING:   HALF EMPTY HALF FULL – Short film Clarence Picture 1999 for Hamburg short film competition.

                      TV/RADIO voice-over and television documentary presentation.

THE BOXER (Director Jim Sheridan) Universal Studios, Hollywood Los Angeles, USA.

CHITRA in Dublin Writer’s Museum – Arjun

BLINDER (award winning short film) – doctor.

IN THE NAME OF THE FATER (award-winning movie directed by Jim Sheridan).

THE GOVERNOR (ITV Series). Dir. Linda La-plant.

CELADON CUP (RTE TV drama) – Turkish businessman.

GLENROE (RTE TV, 7th series 1992); popular Irish soap.

THE SNOWMAN killing (RTE RADIO DRAMA) – LEAD NARRATOR.

THE BLUE PASTURES (BBC TV film) – militant student leader.

THE CHERRY ORCHARD (Chekhov) at the West End Theatre,

London – Yahsa.

DIAPERS INDIA (cinéma commercial)

YES MINISTER (in adaptation) for BBC World Service – Sir Humphrey; and many other roles.

DIRECTING:   Directed over 100 drama feature programmes for the BBC World Service (radio) in London.

Assistant Director, Morley College Drama School in London.

Artistic Director, CDP Community Drama Project in Dublin.

Directed many repertory and workshop theatre productions including:

THE CARETAKER by Harold Pinter at the CRC Arts Centre, Delhi.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare at the CRC Arts Centre, Delhi.

BLOODY POETRY by Howard Brenton at the Hampstead Theatre Club, London.

CHITRA by R.N. Tagore in the Dublin Writer’s Museum (in which he also acted and played the lead).

PRODUCING:   AWAY AND HOME 6 x 30” part television documentary series for RTE and World TV (1997). On the theme of returned Irish Immigrants.

                        OUR VIEW – International TV documentary (2 hour) 4 x 30” (1998). In the wake of the Peace Process and the Omaha bombing, “Our View” depicted the state of affairs in Northern Ireland. Seen through the eyes of the international communities in the region, leading politicians as well as people belonging to the established immigrant communities coming from diverse backgrounds were filmed for this programme in Derry, Belfast, Newry and other parts of Northern Ireland. Broadcasted on UTV and TGV during August & September 1999 in a weekday prime time slot.

                        Produced and presented several live shows and concerts of Indian music and dance in Dublin, and London.

                        HEERA GROUP – London, at the Temple bar Music centre, Dublin, 1999.

                        Yash and Group – Bombay- India, at the Temple bar Music Centre, Dublin, 2003

DEVELOPING:   Long Journey– short film.

                        Honey and Saffron - a Feature Film

AUTHER:                        LONG JOURNEY – short film script

                        HONEY AND SAFFRON – Feature Film Script

                        BORN WITHOUT CONSENT – Film Treatment – Science Fiction THE COLLAPS – TV Documentary – based upon the true story of an International bank.

                        INVINCIBLE – Film Treatment - Fiction based upon a true story.

                        THE GLOBE MOVEMENT: Non-fiction book, on the global immigration phenomenon, and the concept of fortress Europe.

                        Several papers and articles in various magazines and in an international book – “The World Cinema.”  

OTHER:   Lecturer, Trinity College Drama Department, Dublin (Guest Lecturer 1992) in Professor John McCormick’s class.

                        Visiting lecturer at Various Acting Institutes.

                        Lecturer – Performing Arts at Alliance Francaise, Dublin.

                        Lecturer in Radio Drama and Broadcasting, Newman College, Dublin – Curriculum developer director and lecturer, course concentrating on script development, role of the director and creative departments, Advanced Technology College, Dublin. (private college) Lectured at several VEC colleges in Dublin. Drama Soc. UCD.  He writes occasionally for Ireland’s Multicultural News Paper Metro Eireann and serving as a member of MAMA Award judging panel and sharing this panel with Roddie Doyle and Finton O’Tool. He has presented several Live Cultural Stage shows on stage in Ireland. 

                        Launched Successfully “Bollywood Films” and a web site www.BollywoodIreland.com in Dublin, which can now be seen regularly at the Irish Film Centre, very first Saturday and Sunday. He has produced several, musical and dance shows in Dublin, and has appeared on the local (television RTE Q&A / Midnight Court and TV3 Breakfast show) on several occasions as a guest.  Featured in a RTE’s Mono series. He contributes regularly as guests on News Talk 106 Fm.

                        Organised and financed a film retrospective of Actor Saeed Jaffrey, at the IFC Dublin, where Mr JAFFREY launched his Autobiography- An Actor’s Journey, later he appeared on the Late…Late. Show. (6Oct. 2000)

                        Radio Producer (creator) and Presenter of a Radio show on Dublin South, .104.9FM. Every Saturday from
4-5pm.

 

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