Episodes Broadcast: 2021

Born in Manchester during the early Eighties, Azhur Saleem enjoyed drawing cartoons as a child, which provoked an interest in animation. When his youthful attempts to turn his illustrations into movies proved unsuccessful, he began to experiment with live-action material; these efforts ultimately inspired his decision to attend the London Film School. After graduating, Saleem directed various promotional items -- including the electronic press kit for the 2009 sci-fi comedy Frequent Asked Questions About Time Travel -- and a number of short films. In 2020, he was a director's assistant and a second unit director on Baghdad Central, working under Alice Troughton, who had handled episodes of Doctor Who and its spin-off series. Saleem was approached about directing for the same year's Doctor Who season. His first assignment as a fully-fledged television director would ultimately become three installments of 2021's Flux, a six-part epic for Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor.