Menhaj Huda (born 20 March 1967) is a

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-born British

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and television director and

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best known for the film '' Kidulthood''.

Career

Huda's first directing job was the 1993 television series ''Hypnosis''. He directed ''Jump Boy'' in 1999, which won an award for 'Best Feature Film' at the Mediawave awards. Other directing credits include '' Queer as Folk 2'', '' Is Harry on the Boat?'', '' Murphy's Law'', '' Murder in Mind'', ''

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'', '' Blue Murder'' and '' HolbyBlue''. Huda produced as well as directed '' Kidulthood'' and ''

West 10 LDN ''West 10 LDN'' was a one-off BBC Three youth drama, written and created by Noel Clarke and directed by Menhaj Huda, first broadcast on 10 March 2008. The screenplay was based on the novel ''Society Within'', a short story collection by Courtt ...

'', both written by

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. Huda won the 'Douglas Hickox Award' at the

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British Independent Film Awards. His horror film '' Comedown'' which stars Martin Compston,

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, Geoff Bell, Red Madrell and Duane Henry, was filmed in 2010 in

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. His "spiritual follow-up" to ''Kidulthood'', ''

Everywhere and Nowhere ''Everywhere and Nowhere'' is a 2011 coming of age British drama film focusing on the identity struggles of Ash ( James Floyd) a young British Pakistani who is torn between the traditions of middle-class family life and his passion for DJing. The ...

'', based around the London DJ scene, was released in 2011.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Huda, Menhaj 1967 births Living people British Muslims Bangladeshi emigrants to England British people of Bangladeshi descent Bangladeshi film directors Bangladeshi television directors Bangladeshi film producers Bangladeshi television producers British television directors British film producers British television producers British male screenwriters British Asian writers Film directors from London