Raimu Itfum

MultiDisciplinary Writer Director Performer Producer

Website: https://www.raimuitfum.com

BIO:

Born in the Netherlands and raised in Pakistan. Raimu Itfum is a multi- disciplinary artist now based in England with a main artistic focus within film, theatre and audio work; predominantly as a writer, director, producer and performer. He is an alumni of the Young Vic Theatre Fresh Direction Program, BFI Shorts Film school, Soho Theatre Writers Lab and Kiln Theatre’s Writers Program.

Credits

- Director. MAC. A Marriage Proposal. 2024
- Movement Director. Brown Girls Noise. Hope Theatre. 2023
- Movement Director. Port Magazine. 2023
- Assistant Choreographer. Feature Film. What's Love Got to do with it? 2023.
- Director. Theatre503. Lady Lessons. 2023
- Writer. Tara Theatre. Just a F#@K Boy With Feelings. 2022
- Writer. Kiln Theatre. The Boys. 2022.
- Writer/ Producer & Editor- Short Film. Husky Hips. 2022
- Writer/ Director & Editor. Soli|tude. Short Film. Theatro Technis. 2022
- Writer/ Director & Editor. Short Film.Coarsen Studio. C.O.M.P.L.E.X;ities. 2021.
- Trainee Assistant Director. Young Vic. Sundown Kiki. 2021
- Producer, Director, Editor & Movement Director. Short Film. Laws of Attraction. 2017.
- Movement Director & Stylist. Nadia Correia Look Book. 2017
- Director/ Producer & Movement Director. Tour. Magnets. No.2- What it Takes to be a Man? ( The Broadway Barking, Drayton Arms, Biscuit Factory Gallery, Brady Arts Centre & Matthew's Yard). 2013-2015
- Director & Producer. Web series. Reconstructing the Monologue. 2014.
- Assistant Director. Northern Stage. A Lost Land. 2013
- Assistant Director. Rose Theatre/ National Theatre Connections. Shooting Truth. 2012.
- Writer. Endeavour Theatre. Turning Heads. 2011
- Assistant Director. Endeavour Theatre. Mother Courage & Her Children. 2011

Training

- Young Vic Theatre. Fresh Direction Program- 2022/2023.
- Soho Writers Lab- 2021/2022.
- Kiln Theatre Listen Local- 2021/2022.
- Directors Intensive (Facilitating & Directing: A Collaborative Approach to Creating with Kindness). Leeds Playhouse- 2022.
- Creative Facilitation- Roundhouse- 2022.

Location

London

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Dance
  • Fashion
  • Film - documentary
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Literature
  • Music
  • Photography
  • Radio/Audio
  • Streaming
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - documentary
  • TV - drama
  • Visual arts

What I do

  • Choreography
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Editing
  • Facilitating
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Producing
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi, Dutch, Turkish, Arabic

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