abstract:Asif Kapadia (born 1972) is a British filmmaker of Indian descent. He directed several award-winning films, including The Sheep Thief (1997), winner of the 2nd Prize Cinéfondation for Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival, The Warrior (2001), which won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film 2003 and Senna (2010), winner of the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary and the BAFTA Award for Best Editing and the World Cinema Audience Award Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival 2011.
Graduates include filmmakers Michael Winterbottom, cinematographer Seamus McGarvey, who has worked on Atonement, We Need To Talk About Kevin and Avengers Assemble plus Senna director AsifKapadia.