Self-taught, Khalid wrote, directed, and produced his first short film
Parts in 2016. Principal photography took place over the course of twelve hours. This was followed by his second short film
Stock in 2019 which was part of
Sky Arts 50. He was subsequently attached to adapt
Boris Vian's play
The Empire Builders for television. Khalid made his feature directorial debut with
In Camera, starring
Nabhaan Rizwan. The film satirises the struggle of finding work as an Asian actor in Western media and the "empty discourse on representation". Khalid had come up with the idea for the film during university and workshopped it over the years, with support from the BBC,
Film4 and Creative UK.
In Camera opened at the 2023
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to critical acclaim, screened at a number of subsequent festivals, and had a wide release in 2024. ==Artistry==