Biography
Khurrum M. Sultan is a British director of South Asian heritage. He began in documentary filmmaking and made his first drama telefilm, Insha’Allah, set in Karachi, which screened at international festivals.
In the UK he has directed episodes of Hollyoaks (2022), Vera (2023), McDonald & Dodds (2024), Waterloo Road (2025) and Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators (2025). He previously worked in West Africa as head of production for the launch of AREWA 24 television channel.
Sultan won the RTS Midlands Award for Best Director for his Vera episode. He was nominated for the Edinburgh TV Festival’s New Voices Debut Director Award in 2020 and named on the Broadcast ‘Hot Shot’ list in 2022.
