Kurban produced BAFTA winning TV series "Jungle" for Amazon Studios, and Cyrmu BAFTA winning "Late Shift". He produced or co-produced two films for Sally Potter's "The Party" and "The Roads Not Taken". Kurban has previously worked on Sundance Award winning feature docs "Who is Dayani Cristal?" and "20,000 Days on Earth". His first project as co-writer "The Hungry" is available on Amazon Prime following if premiere at TIFF. Kurban is now an executive producer at Pulse Films across both Film and Television. Formerly he was managing director of Mews Films, a joint venture between Archery Pictures and Elysian Film Group running a slate of features. He previously worked with Turbine Studios as a development executive on projects including "Small Axe" by Steve McQueen. He graduated from the National Film and Television School, where he won the Christie Award for outstanding contribution, and has produced or co-produced multiple award winning short films including BAFTA nominated "Orbit Ever After". He is a member of the ACE Producers board, an alumni of Inside Pictures and Film London's Breaking the Glass Ceiling program.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer and writer
- 13 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
What are Kurban Kassam's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10
Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 7
A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 4
Steady 5 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 6
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet6
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kurban Kassam's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Kurban Kassam's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
18 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.
The Birthday Party(2025)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Animal Within(2025)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Lumbu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
The Buckingham Murders(2023)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Late Shift (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Jungle(2022)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows
The Mouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
The Roads Not Taken(2020)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Street Dancer 3D(2020)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Two for Joy(2018)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Brakes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Hungry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Party(2017)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
The Pass(2016)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
20,000 Days on Earth(2014)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Who is Dayani Cristal?(2013)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Ginger & Rosa(2012)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles from 2013 to 2026.
Biggest box office
The Party (2017)
Highest rated
20,000 Days on Earth (2014)
Most popular right now
The Roads Not Taken (2020)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Kurban Kassam's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th7
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the dialogue 53/100 and the plot and story 47/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Kurban Kassam's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Kurban Kassam work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kurban Kassam's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sally Potter shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Sally PotterShared titles: The Roads Not Taken (2020), The Party (2017), Ginger & Rosa (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Sally Potter
Writers
- Walter DonohueShared titles: The Party (2017), Ginger & Rosa (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Walter Donohue
Actors
- Elle FanningShared titles: The Roads Not Taken (2020), Ginger & Rosa (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Elle Fanning
- Timothy SpallShared titles: The Party (2017), Ginger & Rosa (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Timothy Spall
Cinematographers and editors
- Emilie OrsiniShared titles: The Roads Not Taken (2020), The Party (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Emilie Orsini
- Robbie RyanShared titles: The Roads Not Taken (2020), Ginger & Rosa (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Robbie Ryan
- Anders RefnShared titles: The Party (2017), Ginger & Rosa (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Anders Refn
Producers
- Christopher SheppardShared titles: The Roads Not Taken (2020), The Party (2017), Ginger & Rosa (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Christopher Sheppard
- Heidi LevittShared titles: The Roads Not Taken (2020), The Party (2017), Ginger & Rosa (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Heidi Levitt
- Lucas OchoaShared titles: 20,000 Days on Earth (2014), The Possibilities Are Endless (2014), Who is Dayani Cristal? (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Lucas Ochoa
- Marisa CliffordShared titles: 20,000 Days on Earth (2014), The Possibilities Are Endless (2014), Who is Dayani Cristal? (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Marisa Clifford