{{Short description|Indian filmmaker}} {{Infobox person | name = Arfaz Ayub | image = | birth_place = Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 July 2024|access-date=5 April 2026|title=Director Arfaz Ayub: Level Cross is not the so-called experimental film|website=Cinema Express|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/interviews/2024/Jul/25/director-arfaz-ayub-level-cross-is-not-the-so-called-experimental-film}}</ref> | occupation = {{Hlist|Film director|screenwriter|actor|assistant director}} | father = Adam Ayub }}
'''Arfaz Ayub''' is an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, and former assistant director who works in Malayalam films.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news |date=February 13, 2025 |title=NE's migrant workers issue to be Malayalam filmmaker Arfaz Ayub's next Hindi film topic |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/nes-migrant-workers-issue-to-be-malayalam-filmmaker-arfaz-ayubs-next-hindi-film-topic/articleshow/118205645.cms |access-date=February 13, 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> He made his directorial debut in 2024 with the psychological thriller ''Level Cross'', which received critical acclaim from critics and audiences.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Arjun |date=July 26, 2024 |title=Level Cross review: A gripping thriller with an intense plot and unusual treatment |url=https://thesouthfirst.com/entertainment/malayalam/level-cross-malayalam-movie-review/ |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=The South First |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == Arfaz Ayub was born and raised in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Arfaz's father Adam Ayub is an actor and screenwriter who works in the Malayalam film and television industry. He is an alumnus of Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram.
== Career == Arfaz Ayub assisted director Jeethu Joseph for several of his films including ''The Body'' (2019), ''Drishyam 2'' (2021), ''Drushyam 2'' (2021), ''12th Man'' (2022), and ''Kooman'' (2022).<ref>{{Cite web |title=ബാലതാരമായി അരങ്ങേറ്റം, സംവിധായകനാക്കിയത് ജീത്തു ജോസഫ്; അർഫാസ് അയൂബ് അഭിമുഖം |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/movies/interview/2024/08/04/level-cross-director-arfaz-ayub-interview.html |access-date=2026-04-07 |website=ബാലതാരമായി അരങ്ങേറ്റം, സംവിധായകനാക്കിയത് ജീത്തു ജോസഫ്; അർഫാസ് അയൂബ് അഭിമുഖം |language=ml}}</ref> In 2024, he made his directorial debut with the film ''Level Cross'', presented by Joseph.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Santhosh |first=Vivek |date=2024-07-26 |title='Level Cross' is not the so-called experimental film: Director Arfaz Ayub |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2024/Jul/26/level-cross-is-not-the-so-called-experimental-film-director-arfaz-ayub |access-date=2025-07-19 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> The film was selected to be screened at the 55th International Film Festival of India in the Indian Panorama section.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MYIFFI {{!}} Detail |url=https://filmguide.iffigoa.org/detail/?id=6117 |access-date=2025-07-19 |website=filmguide.iffigoa.org}}</ref> Whilst attending the 1st Guwahati Asian Film Festival in February 2025, Ayub announced that he was working on a Hindi feature film that would portray how a section of Northeast Indians migrate to Kerala and integrate into the workforce, often in the labour sector.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite news |title=Ayub's lens on migrant workers: Up next, a film on Northeastern labourers in Kerala |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/arfaz-ayubs-lens-on-migrant-workers-up-next-a-film-on-northeastern-labourers-in-kerala/cid/2083425 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250315113732/https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/arfaz-ayubs-lens-on-migrant-workers-up-next-a-film-on-northeastern-labourers-in-kerala/cid/2083425 |archive-date=2025-03-15 |access-date=2025-07-19 |language=en}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== As director === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Notes !Ref. |- |2013-2014 |''Bhoot Aaya'' |Television series | |- |2024 |''Level Cross'' |Also screenwriter; Directorial debut |<ref name=":0" /> |}
==== Assistant Director ==== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Notes |- |2013 |''Horror Story'' |Associate Director |- | rowspan="2" |2019 |''Cabaret'' |Associate Director |- |''The Body'' |Associate Director |- | rowspan="2" |2020 |''Undekhi'' |Web Series; Associate Director |- |''Torbaaz'' |Associate Director |- | rowspan="2" |2021 |''Drishyam 2'' |Chief Associate Director |- |''Drushyam 2'' |Co-Director |- | rowspan="2" |2022 |''12th Man'' |Co-Director |- |''Kooman'' |Co-Director |- |2024 |''Aliya Basu Gayab Hai'' |Co-Director |- | rowspan="2" |2026 |''Valathu Vashathe Kallan'' |Chief Associate Director |- |''Drishyam 3'' |Chief Associate Director |}
==== Acting Credits ==== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Role |- | rowspan="2" |2021 |''Drishyam 2'' | rowspan="2" |Forensic Assistant |- |''Drushyam 2'' |- | rowspan="2" |2022 |''12th Man'' |Cashier Suresh |- |''Kooman'' |Joyce |- |2023 |''Neru'' |James |- |2024 |''Aliya Basu Gayab Hai'' |Delivery Boy |- |2026 |''Valathu Vashathe Kallan'' |Emmanuel |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
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