Seemab Gul is an independent British-Pakistani producer, writer and director. Her work is interdisciplinary, immersed in the current political dialogue, and often focusing on the outsider experience. She has produced over ten short films and directed half of them. 

GHOST SCHOOL is her debut feature film premiering at Toronto International Film Festival 2025. She attended La Fabrique Cinema with her feature project HAVEN OF HOPE, due to release in 2026. 

Seemab produced, wrote and directed SANDSTORM, a short fiction film that premiered at the 78th Venice Film Festival and at Sundance 2022. It screened at over 100 international film festivals and won 20 awards. SANDSTORM is BIFA-nominated for Best British Short and won two Oscar-qualifying awards. Her documentary ZAHIDA, was broadcast on Al Jazeera TV channel and its trailer has 20+ million views. Seemab is an alumna of Locarno Open Doors, Berlinale Talents and Venice Biennale College Cinema. Seemab has a BA in Fine Art and an MA in Filmmaking from the London Film School. She is represented by Rowena Wallace at PeachHouse (UK).

Seemab founded Cinelava in 2024 in Pakistan, a production company dedicated to thought provoking arthouse cinema.