Munsur Ali

Munsur Ali (; born 25 May 1978) is a Bangladeshi-born British film producer, screenwriter, director and social entrepreneur, Labour Party politician, and councillor for Portsoken ward. He is best known for his film Shongram, the first time a British film has been simultaneously written, produced and directed by a British Bangladeshi.

Early life Ali was born in Bangladesh, arrived in England at the age of two in 1980 and grew up in Aldgate where he still lives. He attended a Church of England school, studied Arabic/Islam on weekends Going to the cinema a lot as a teenager gave him his inspiration.

Ali's father was born in British India (now Bangladesh). Ali's father has been in the UK since early 1950s.

In 2003, Since then he has worked alongside global US, UK and Bollywood names. In 2009, he founded Epic Media Wedding Productions and set about specialising in producing cinematic quality wedding videos.

In 2014, Ali wrote, directed and produced his debut feature film Shongram. He worked on the project for three years

Ali is working on two new films: Cinema which is about a young actor who enters the world of cinema and discovers a whole world of exploitation, corruption, drugs, thugs and betrayal, and The Final Message which is a supernatural horror based around Hebrew scriptures, Christian scriptures and the Quran.

Political career On 23 March 2017, Ali was elected as a Labour Party councillor for Portsoken ward in Aldgate in his home town of the City of London, Ali's decision to contest came after he was unhappy with the recent multimillion-pound housing development plans that is affecting his community's future. In December 2011, this was followed by a gaye holud ceremony on 4 September and a wedding reception on 5 September.

Filmography Year Title Credit Notes 2014 Shongram Writer, director, producer Spirit2Power Editor