Irfan Shah

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Irfan Shah is a writer, film historian, and researcher specializing in pre-cinema media archaeology and the origins of motion pictures.
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Irfan Shah is a writer, film historian, and researcher specializing in pre-cinema media archaeology, early cinematic heritage, and the origins of motion pictures. An associate of Leeds Beckett University, he helped establish the Stephen Herbert Archive of motion picture research and is affiliated with the Early Cinema Research Group. Based in Leeds, Shah has written extensively on early film pioneers, including Louis Le Prince and Wordsworth Donisthorpe, and has contributed articles, documentaries, exhibitions, and archival research projects exploring the history of cinema.