Shibbir Ahmed
@shibbir1.bsky.social
I’m the ballad of the lonesome loser | TV's Invisible Man - Token Brown Guy working on a TV set near you | Freelance #DIT | Wannabe storyteller
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Shibbir Ahmed
@shibbir1.bsky.social
· Dec 18
Just realised we wrapped on #Hamlet this time last year. Was chasing that project for 6 years. Was a dream come true for me to meet and work on a Riz Ahmed film. A year on, that shoot is still a highlight of my career. Not sure what awaits in 2025 but would hope to work with Riz again insh’Allah🤲🏾
I’m not sure how you’re meant to react when the critics review something you’ve worked on as “the most dreadful thing to happen to Christmas since King Herod” + “This is the worst film since Cats” / “has as much Yuletide spirit as a dead rat in the eggnog”
Oh well, anyways shout out to the crew!
Oh well, anyways shout out to the crew!
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I’m not sure how you’re meant to react when the critics review something you’ve worked on as “the most dreadful thing to happen to Christmas since King Herod” + “This is the worst film since Cats” / “has as much Yuletide spirit as a dead rat in the eggnog”
Oh well, anyways shout out to the crew!
Oh well, anyways shout out to the crew!
Loved this bit from the recent Jeff Buckley doc. I wish there was video footage from that meeting between Nusrat-saab & Jeff but this story from Joan Wasser is joyful and heartbreaking at the same time. The image taken by Jack Vartoogian is one of my favourite shots ever taken.
September 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Loved this bit from the recent Jeff Buckley doc. I wish there was video footage from that meeting between Nusrat-saab & Jeff but this story from Joan Wasser is joyful and heartbreaking at the same time. The image taken by Jack Vartoogian is one of my favourite shots ever taken.
Is it me or is Reuben Amorim begging to be sacked? But that quote made me laugh, cause if you swapped out the word ‘player’ with ‘crew’ you’d think he was talking about the lifecycle of a freelancer working in film & tv
August 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Is it me or is Reuben Amorim begging to be sacked? But that quote made me laugh, cause if you swapped out the word ‘player’ with ‘crew’ you’d think he was talking about the lifecycle of a freelancer working in film & tv
This is how I’d spend all my free time*
(*If I could actually sing/play the harmonium & the tabla🥹)
(*If I could actually sing/play the harmonium & the tabla🥹)
August 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is how I’d spend all my free time*
(*If I could actually sing/play the harmonium & the tabla🥹)
(*If I could actually sing/play the harmonium & the tabla🥹)
This could be a fantastic opportunity for someone from the South Asian community to get their foot in the door. I can’t tell you how rare a shout out like this is. As a group, we’re still woefully underrepresented on set as crew behind the camera. Pass on the word if you can
August 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
This could be a fantastic opportunity for someone from the South Asian community to get their foot in the door. I can’t tell you how rare a shout out like this is. As a group, we’re still woefully underrepresented on set as crew behind the camera. Pass on the word if you can
TV is in trouble | Television has been run by the same demographic for over 70 years. If we want to keep up, we need new people in the room, people who can see the audience in a different way
www.broadcastnow.co.uk/comment/tv-i...
www.broadcastnow.co.uk/comment/tv-i...
TV is in trouble - but keeping its promises on diversity can save it
Despite a huge response to Black Lives Matter, progress is stalling, says Trent Williams-Jones
www.broadcastnow.co.uk
August 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
TV is in trouble | Television has been run by the same demographic for over 70 years. If we want to keep up, we need new people in the room, people who can see the audience in a different way
www.broadcastnow.co.uk/comment/tv-i...
www.broadcastnow.co.uk/comment/tv-i...
It’s my #NusratFatehAliKhan playlist up on Spotify. Not definitive (Missing the songs off the Dead Man Walking score) but it’s my wish list of tracks I would’ve loved to have experienced live
open.spotify.com/playlist/4bh...
open.spotify.com/playlist/4bh...
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
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August 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
It’s my #NusratFatehAliKhan playlist up on Spotify. Not definitive (Missing the songs off the Dead Man Walking score) but it’s my wish list of tracks I would’ve loved to have experienced live
open.spotify.com/playlist/4bh...
open.spotify.com/playlist/4bh...
If I wasn't gonna start working and was free to fly over to Toronto, I would've been there in a heartbeat - tiff.net/films/hamlet
Hamlet
Riz Ahmed electrifies in director Aneil Karia’s bold, brilliant, and stunning reinvention of <em>Hamlet</em>, set in present-day London’s South Asian community.
tiff.net
August 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
If I wasn't gonna start working and was free to fly over to Toronto, I would've been there in a heartbeat - tiff.net/films/hamlet
AI-Altered ‘Raanjhanaa’ Ending Escalates Eros-Aanand L. Rai Dispute Over Creative Rights: ‘Indian Cinema Now Stands at Its Own Inflection Point’ | What a depressing state of affairs. Who’d wanna work with Eros going forward?
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
AI-Altered ‘Raanjhanaa’ Ending Escalates Eros-Aanand L. Rai Dispute Over Creative Rights: ‘Indian Cinema Now Stands at Its Own Inflection Point’
Eros International and director Aanand L. Rai clash over AI-altered 'Raanjhanaa' ending, with both sides citing legal rights and creative ethics.
variety.com
July 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
AI-Altered ‘Raanjhanaa’ Ending Escalates Eros-Aanand L. Rai Dispute Over Creative Rights: ‘Indian Cinema Now Stands at Its Own Inflection Point’ | What a depressing state of affairs. Who’d wanna work with Eros going forward?
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
July 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
👋🏾 just posting again to say I’m available for work. Hoping to speak to DOP’s about their next projects should they be looking for a DIT 🙏🏾
July 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
👋🏾 just posting again to say I’m available for work. Hoping to speak to DOP’s about their next projects should they be looking for a DIT 🙏🏾
Reposted by Shibbir Ahmed
What these companies don't get or seem to care about is those of us who are professionals in post-production and rely on tools like WeTransfer to send materials to clients have also signed NDAs that are complete conflict with their new TOS.
Legally we CAN'T use WeTransfer now.
Legally we CAN'T use WeTransfer now.
July 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
What these companies don't get or seem to care about is those of us who are professionals in post-production and rely on tools like WeTransfer to send materials to clients have also signed NDAs that are complete conflict with their new TOS.
Legally we CAN'T use WeTransfer now.
Legally we CAN'T use WeTransfer now.
Reposted by Shibbir Ahmed
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
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Bye forever, WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Bye forever, WeTransfer.
Love this bit from the #Sinners Making Of
Only have had it happen a couple of times in my career where the director+producer+Asst editor will cut together a sizzle/blooper reel for the crew. It’s the best present a production can give to the crew. Nice to catch a glimpse of all our labour as we wrap
Only have had it happen a couple of times in my career where the director+producer+Asst editor will cut together a sizzle/blooper reel for the crew. It’s the best present a production can give to the crew. Nice to catch a glimpse of all our labour as we wrap
July 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Love this bit from the #Sinners Making Of
Only have had it happen a couple of times in my career where the director+producer+Asst editor will cut together a sizzle/blooper reel for the crew. It’s the best present a production can give to the crew. Nice to catch a glimpse of all our labour as we wrap
Only have had it happen a couple of times in my career where the director+producer+Asst editor will cut together a sizzle/blooper reel for the crew. It’s the best present a production can give to the crew. Nice to catch a glimpse of all our labour as we wrap
Day 01 of a TV shoot vs Day 100!
(Jokes aside, look I have no sympathy for her or anyone serving this government)
(Jokes aside, look I have no sympathy for her or anyone serving this government)
July 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Day 01 of a TV shoot vs Day 100!
(Jokes aside, look I have no sympathy for her or anyone serving this government)
(Jokes aside, look I have no sympathy for her or anyone serving this government)
Sometimes in this industry you make honest mistakes with the projects you take on, but if it doesn’t align with my personal beliefs then I’ll respectfully step aside. It does cost you your professional relationships & that’s a bitter pill to swallow.
July 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Sometimes in this industry you make honest mistakes with the projects you take on, but if it doesn’t align with my personal beliefs then I’ll respectfully step aside. It does cost you your professional relationships & that’s a bitter pill to swallow.
Reposted by Shibbir Ahmed
A decent chance Colin Kaepernick gets arrested today for taking a knee during the anthem. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/06/...
Super Bowl halftime performer arrested after police say he held flag stating ‘Sudan and Free Gaza.’ | CNN
A performer at Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance in February has been arrested after holding up a Sudanese flag with the message “Sudan and Free Gaza,” Louisiana State Police announced ...
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June 27, 2025 at 4:56 AM
A decent chance Colin Kaepernick gets arrested today for taking a knee during the anthem. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/06/...
This is the part of the job I struggle with - securing the next gig but we’ve all gotta do it. Would love to line up the next job sooner rather than later. Open to short/long form projects & would love to connect with new DOP’s as well as reconnect with DOP’s who’ve worked with me in the past.
June 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This is the part of the job I struggle with - securing the next gig but we’ve all gotta do it. Would love to line up the next job sooner rather than later. Open to short/long form projects & would love to connect with new DOP’s as well as reconnect with DOP’s who’ve worked with me in the past.
Another bleak year ahead for freelancers in TV & Film. Unless you’re working on a Marvel/Harry Potter, the prospect of picking up work is dire indeed. Will have to bunker down & see if the phone rings again with a job offer
variety.com/2025/film/gl...
variety.com/2025/film/gl...
How the U.K. Film and TV Industry Is Juggling a Boom in Hollywood Productions Like ‘Avengers’ and ‘Harry Potter’ and a Bust for Everything Else: ‘It’s Feast or Famine Right Now’
If the UK has become such a hot spot for Hollywood and home to Avengers and Harry Potter, why are so many film and TV industry workers out of a job?
variety.com
June 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Another bleak year ahead for freelancers in TV & Film. Unless you’re working on a Marvel/Harry Potter, the prospect of picking up work is dire indeed. Will have to bunker down & see if the phone rings again with a job offer
variety.com/2025/film/gl...
variety.com/2025/film/gl...
I loved, loved, loved The Ballad Of Wallis Island.
Charming, sweet, achingly beautiful. A cinematic balm to this weary soul.
Congrats to Tom Basden, Tim Key, James Griffiths & Carey Mulligan on making an instant British Classic.
Please please please support this film at your local cinemas.
Charming, sweet, achingly beautiful. A cinematic balm to this weary soul.
Congrats to Tom Basden, Tim Key, James Griffiths & Carey Mulligan on making an instant British Classic.
Please please please support this film at your local cinemas.
June 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I loved, loved, loved The Ballad Of Wallis Island.
Charming, sweet, achingly beautiful. A cinematic balm to this weary soul.
Congrats to Tom Basden, Tim Key, James Griffiths & Carey Mulligan on making an instant British Classic.
Please please please support this film at your local cinemas.
Charming, sweet, achingly beautiful. A cinematic balm to this weary soul.
Congrats to Tom Basden, Tim Key, James Griffiths & Carey Mulligan on making an instant British Classic.
Please please please support this film at your local cinemas.
I promise you’ve never heard #NitKhairManga quite like this - This was Rushil Ranjan & Abi Sampa of Orchestral Qawwali Project along with many others, reinterpret a Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Qawwali classic
May 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I promise you’ve never heard #NitKhairManga quite like this - This was Rushil Ranjan & Abi Sampa of Orchestral Qawwali Project along with many others, reinterpret a Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Qawwali classic
I’m asking this based on something that happened earlier this week. If you were surrounded by a crew full of excellent Black & Brown crew/Technicians and wanted to capture that moment, would that be offensive to the White crew if they weren’t included in the photo.
May 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I’m asking this based on something that happened earlier this week. If you were surrounded by a crew full of excellent Black & Brown crew/Technicians and wanted to capture that moment, would that be offensive to the White crew if they weren’t included in the photo.
Watched #Sinners one last time at the BFI in 70mm IMAX. I may never get to work on an IMAX project or with DOP #AutumnDuraldArkapaw but I can take huge inspiration from what she did with this film. I can only wish & aspire to work on something of this scale with a crew that looks like this.
April 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Watched #Sinners one last time at the BFI in 70mm IMAX. I may never get to work on an IMAX project or with DOP #AutumnDuraldArkapaw but I can take huge inspiration from what she did with this film. I can only wish & aspire to work on something of this scale with a crew that looks like this.