[5] Manzoor's childhood influences included Jackie Chan films, the Coen Brothers, Edgar Wright, and old Hollywood cinema.
[6] Manzoor's family had expected her to do a law conversion course and become a human rights lawyer,[3] but she convinced them to allow her to pursue a career in filmmaking.
[11] After the episode was screened, there was substantial backlash regarding her portrayal of Muslim women, leading her to close her social media accounts.
[13] She directed two episodes of Doctor Who, "Fugitive of the Judoon" and "Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror", shown in 2020.
[14] We Are Lady Parts proceeded to a full series in 2021, written, directed, and executive produced by Manzoor.
[19] Production on Manzoor's debut feature film, Polite Society, was completed in early 2022 and was released in the UK in April 2023.
The film stars Priya Kansara and Ritu Arya, and distributed internationally by Universal Pictures.