I am a filmmaker and lecturer with a background in documentary television production. My research specialises in Iranian/diasporic cinemas and documentary film practice, and I have a wider interest in British/Iranian film cultures and histories. The focus of my practice-as-research PhD was on the relationship between documentary ethnography, family and displacement. Currently, I am working on a project on Anglo-Iranian Oil Company films.  I am an Associate Editor of Screenworks, the peer-reviewed journal of film and screen practice research.