Fowzia Fathima

Fowzia Fathima is an Indian film cinematographer, producer, academician and director. Fowzia is known for her cinematography on feature films such as Mitr, My Friend 2012, Gulumaal: The Escape 2009 and Uyir 2006. She is an intuitive practitioner of Cinematography across media technologies, a hands-on Academic with an eye trained in history of art practices along with a wide range of experience in Film Production and Teaching in contemporary cinema based in India.

Fowzia Fathima, an alumnus of Film and Television Institute of India, has also worked as professor and head of department of cinematography at SRFTI and has directed short film Infected that screened at Busan International Film Festival. Fowzia is the founder of “ Indian Women Cinematographers Collective" connecting most practicing professionals in the country today, a forum that functions as a peer group to share experiences and lead founded 2017.

Career
Started career as an assistant to P.C. Sreeram, Fowzia made her debut as an independent camera person with the Revathi directed film Mitr, My Friend, along with an all female technical crew. Fowzia is also the first ever independent woman cinematographer in Malayalam cinema as well as the force behind Indian Women Cinematographers' collective.