Originally from Lancashire, Taiba Ahmad (previously Amla) is a writer based in West Yorkshire. In 2016 Taiba’s first short screenplay was longlisted for Create 50’s international film The Impact. A graduate of New Writing Norths talent lab Significant Ink she went on to win the 2018 Channel 4 & Northumbria University Northern Writers Award – TV Drama, mentored by Bonafide Films.

Since then, Taiba has been selected to participate in the BFI Northern Exposure Short Film Script Lab and commissioned by the BFI to develop her first feature film with Finite Productions.

As well as developing her first documentary with Producer Sarah Dunn, Taiba was nominated for BBC Writersroom Northern Voices 2020.