Cassiah is a genre-focused director, with her award-winning BFI Network British/Indian horror short Catch A Butcher  screening at multiple BAFTA-qualifying festivals in 2021-2024. She recently directed a BBC Studios Drama Productions short film The Pink Pill, written by Disney's Rivals writer Sorcha Kurien-Walsh. 

 

Cassiah's feature The Wildness was selected for the Film London PFM in 2021, and she was also selected for Storiculture's 'Making a Myth' feature lab for a feature version of Catch a Butcher in Goa, India in 2022. Most recently, Cassiah was selected for BFI Network@LFF 2024, and BFI Midlands Directors Lab 2025. Cassiah was also a Trainee Director on the AppleTV/60Forty series Hijack. Currently, Cassiah is developing her debut feature film projects, including one with the BFI, and one slated for production in 2026. 

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As a director, Cassiah is motivated to tell stories through a genre lens, and often her work explores the projection of femininity, the subversion of typical female roles, and dual heritage/identity. She has been mentored by directors Gurinder Chadha OBE, Claire McCarthy and Jim Field Smith.