Ruhi Hamid

Early years Ruhi Hamid was born in Mwanza, Tanzania, to Indian Muslim parents, and moved to England at the age of 12. before leaving in May 2000 to work as a freelance producer/director. For her debut as a freelance, she gained unprecedented access to the Pakistani criminal courts to make the three-part Channel 4 series Lahore Law (2002), which was nominated for a Grierson Award. Hamid has also collaborated with prominent broadcasters including Jonathan Dimbleby and BBC Three's Reggie Yates. Her films have been described as "informative journeys into the world of people and their cultures", (she filmed the first ever footage of their plight and went on to campaign on their behalf at the United Nations, the US State Department and at the EU Commission in Brussels), farmers in China, New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, She has also campaigned through video for greater awareness of people with HIV/AIDS in rural India. Selected filmography ==Awards==

• 2004: "Outstanding story on South Asia - Broadcast" award from the South Asian Journalists Association for The Rock Star and the Mullahs • 2005: Rory Peck Award for At the Epicentre - Post Tsunami Aceh • 2010: Shortlisted for Grierson Award (Women, Weddings, War and Me) • 2014: Finalist in Rory Peck Awards (Knife Crime ER) ==References==