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Asad, a queer screenwriter and theatre performer, was one of the six recipients of the highly competitive Netflix & Sky Screenwriters Fellowship led by Bisha K. Ali and Anne Mensah. Through the scheme he wrote WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY, which is now in development with BBC Studios. Asad’s second pilot script THE BEAUTIFUL GAYME, about a queer men’s football team in East London, has been picked up by Five Acts. He has another series in development with See-Saw. Recently, Asad has been in the writers’ room for a Netflix show and the upcoming series LOVESONG for NBCuni. Asad tours as part of Scottee’s award-winning cult theatre show FAT BLOKES.

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WRITING FELLOWSHP/ AWARDS
Date: 2022
Production (role):
Netflix and Sky Screenwriting Fellowship
Company:
Sky & Netflix
Project details:
Asad is one of the six selected screenwriters for the inaugural Bisha K. Ali Talent Programme.
IN DEVELOPMENT
Date: 2023
Production (role):
SERIES IN DEVELOPMENT
Company:
See-Saw
Project details:
Original TV series
Date: 2023
Production (role):
THE BEAUTIFUL GAYME
Company:
Five Acts
Project details:
Original TV series
Date: 2022/23
Production (role):
WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY
Company:
BBC Studios
Project details:
Original TV series
Date: 2022/23
Production (role):
LOVESONG
Company:
All That Limited
Project details:
Writer's Assistant
Date: 2022
Production (role):
NETFLIX SERIES IN DEVELOPMENT
Company:
Netflix
Project details:
Original Series
Writer's Assistant

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): Netflix and Sky Screenwriting Fellowship
    Company: Sky & Netflix
    Project details: Asad is one of the six selected screenwriters for the inaugural Bisha K. Ali Talent Programme.
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): SERIES IN DEVELOPMENT
    Company: See-Saw
    Project details: Original TV series
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): THE BEAUTIFUL GAYME
    Company: Five Acts
    Project details: Original TV series
  • Date: 2022/23
    Production (role): WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY
    Company: BBC Studios
    Project details: Original TV series
  • Date: 2022/23
    Production (role): LOVESONG
    Company: All That Limited
    Project details: Writer's Assistant
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): NETFLIX SERIES IN DEVELOPMENT
    Company: Netflix
    Project details: Original Series
    Writer's Assistant
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