Sadia Quraeshi Shepard
Assistant Professor of Film Studies
BA Wesleyan UniversityMA Stanford University
MFA Hunter College
Sadia Quraeshi Shepard
Sadia Quraeshi Shepard is a writer and documentary filmmaker. Her research and teaching is primarily concerned with observational documentary filmmaking, the craft of literature to film adaptations and autobiographical storytelling.
The author of The Girl from Foreign: A Memoir (The Penguin Press), Shepard’s writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Kenyon Review, Story Magazine and The New York Times. Her credits as a documentary film producer include The September Issue (A&E Films) and The Education of Mohammad Hussein (HBO). Her films have screened at the Sundance Film Festival, LA Independent Film Festival, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, New Orleans Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Margaret Mead Film Festival (Opening Night Selection) and others.
Academic Affiliations
Office Hours
Monday 4:15-5:15PM, Wednesday 4:15-5:15PM and other times by appointment. To make an appointment, please go to my Calendly: https://calendly.com/sqshepard/studenthours
Fall 2022
Film 104: Introduction to Collaborative Documentary Filmmaking
Film 453: The Art and Craft of Adaptation
Spring 2023
Film 105: Writing the Moving Image
Film 395: Autobiographical Storytelling
Courses
Spring 2023
FILM 105 - 01
Writing the Moving Image
FILM 395 - 01
Autobiographical Storytelling
Fall 2023
FILM 104 - 01
Collaborative Documentary Film
FILM 312 - 01
The Short Film