SHEZ MANZOOR, COMPOSER OF BAFTA-WINNING COMEDY SERIES, WE ARE LADY PARTS, AND COMEDY FEATURE, POLITE SOCIETY, JOINS SMA
Shez is a British-Pakistani London based composer, musician and songwriter who scored the BAFTA-winning musical comedy series, We Are Lady Parts, for producer John Pocock and Working Title Television. It has been recommissioned for a second series which Shez is working on now. The series also features songs co-written by Shez.
His first film, Focus Features’ award-winning, Polite Society, co-written with Tom Howe, premiered at Sundance in February 2023 and has been screened in the US and UK, and is now available on Amazon, Apple, YouTube and Vudu. His first experience composing to picture was working on the short film Bride or Die, which screened as part of Cannes Lions Straight 8 Industry Shootout in 2018.
His musical roots are founded in jazz guitar, improvisation and vocal performance working as a studio session musician and artist performing at venues across London.