Kamal Kaan

Kamal Kaan is a British playwright, screenwriter and actor. He was listed in Prolific North's top scriptwriters of 2017. He also served as Script Consultant for Clio Barnard on the BAFTA nominated Outstanding British film Ali & Ava. Kaan was born and raised in Bradford, West Yorkshire. He was educated at Dixon's City Academy and then received a scholarship to attend the University of Cambridge, where he read Architecture. He was then awarded a scholarship from Shed productions to complete a Masters in TV Fiction Writing at Glasgow Caledonian University. Kaan is from a working-class background and his father was textile mill worker. He is one of ten siblings and was the first from his family to go away to university.