Khaldoon's films deal with disjuncture in various forms. 'Kebab' (16mm Berlin, 2006) looks at the disconnect between consumption and origins. 'Palimpsest' (Mexico City, 2014) attempts to bridge the gap of three centuries using archive text and documentary cinematography. These are not intellectual films, but more poetic-visual explorations.
Khaldoon was born in London to a Pakistani family. He studied medicine and social anthropology at University College London, and initially worked in acute medicine and neurology. He trained in 16mm filmmaking at the London Film Academy, Chelsea, and has directed nine films which have been broadcast nationally and screened in dozens of cities around the world from the Berlinale to Sheffield Doc/Fest.
He spent seven years specialising in psychiatry in North London, with a special interest in medical anthropology and psychoanalysis. He works as a consultant adult psychiatrist at South West London and St George's NHS Trust. Khaldoon’s clinical practice and film work run in parallel.