His parents met as teenagers on the London housing estate where they both lived, and Khan was born after they married and moved to the Kent coast.

[2] He became interested in filmmaking through observing his father's passion for documenting the family on his VHS camcorder.

[5] Khan made his feature-length debut in 2020 with After Love, a fictional drama about an ageing English Muslim convert who discovers that her recently deceased husband has a secret family living in Calais.

[6] Khan has stated that Mary, the films central protagonist, was modelled on his mother, who herself had converted after getting married.

[8][9] The film was also nominated for four BAFTA awards, including Best Director, Outstanding British Debut and Outstanding British Film for Khan, with a win in the Leading Actress category for Joanna Scanlan.