Kashif Pasta is a Los Angeles-based director, writer and producer focused on telling BIPOC stories with a sense of joy, wonder, and social purpose.
A finalist for the Pillars Fund x Riz Ahmed inaugural Muslim Artist Fellowship, Kashif's brand of grounded, heartfelt storytelling has resonated with audiences worldwide. He served as director and showrunner of the hit TELUS episodic series "Welcome to Surrey", a South Asian-led comedy that earned over a million viewers and a number of best webseries awards around the world.
His most recent short, Desi Standard Time Travel, is picking up awards at film festivals across North America right now (click for upcoming screenings), and his debut feature, "Like Brothers" is set to go to camera in 2023.
As a writer, Kashif co-created the Untitled BTR Project with Sameer Gardezi for Paul Feig’s Powderkeg, was an ABC Television Comedy Lab fellow for his pilot "Long Distance", and is currently developing a television adaptation of "Welcome to Surrey" with Omnifilm.
As a producer, Kashif's work has spanned commercials, narrative, and music videos, the latest of which - "Meet You at the Light" - won the Grand Jury and Audience Awards at SXSW 2022.
Kashif is the co-founder of Dunya Media, a production company that empowers artists of color to tell stories with purpose. Dunya is one of Canada's leading BIPOC-owned production companies, producing national commercials, award-winning short films and live events like the Peabody award-winning HOMECOMING KING with Hasan Minhaj.
Outside of film and television, Kashif can be found traveling the world obsessing over architecture, food anthropology, and live comedy with his very patient family.
SHORT BIO for festivals & panels: Kashif Pasta is an award-winning director, writer, and producer using film and storytelling to tell character-driven stories centered on South Asian and Muslims with a sense of joy and wonder. He is the co-founder of Dunya Media, a production company that empowers filmmakers of color to tell stories with joy, wonder, and purpose, where he recently won the 2022 SXSW Grand Jury Prize and Audience Awards - Music Video for producing. Kashif's most recent directorial work, the South Asian Muslim sci-fi drama short DESI STANDARD TIME TRAVEL, is currently playing at festivals around the world. He plans to go to camera on his directorial debut feature, LIKE BROTHERS in 2023.
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Variety: IFFSA Talent Fund Unveils five winners of film funding
Variety: Riz Ahmed’s Left Handed Films and Pillars Fund Announce Inaugural Fellowship Recipients
YVR Screen Scene: 'Welcome to Surrey’ presents a wholly Canadian – but rarely portrayed – experience
Variety: IFFSA Talent Fund Unveils five winners of film funding
Variety: Riz Ahmed’s Left Handed Films and Pillars Fund Announce Inaugural Fellowship Recipients
YVR Screen Scene: 'Welcome to Surrey’ presents a wholly Canadian – but rarely portrayed – experience
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