Tareque Masud
Tareque Masud was an award-winning Bangladeshi independent film director. He was known for directing the films Muktir Gaan (1995) and Matir Moina (2002), for which he won a number of international awards, including the International Critics' Prize and FIPRESCI Prize for Directors' Fortnight at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. He died in a road accident on 13 August, 2011. Tareque Masud was born in Nurpur village, Bhanga Upazila, Faridpur District, Bangladesh. He studied at an Islamic madrasah as a child, but the outbreak of the Bangladesh Liberation War against Pakistan forces in 1971 put an end to his studies at the Islamic seminary. After the war, Masud pursued general education and went on to obtain a Masters degree in History at Dhaka University. His wife, Catherine Masud, is a Chicago-born film editor.
Acting
Crew
Movie
The Clay Bird
Director
2002
Movie
Runway
Screenplay
2010
Movie
Homeland
Director
2005
Movie
The Inner Strength
Director
1991
Movie
Song of Freedom
Director
1995
Movie
A Kind of Childhood
Director
2002
Movie
Noroshundor
Story
2009
Movie
Women and War
Director
2000
Movie
Words of Freedom
Director
2001
Movie
VOICES OF CHILDREN
Director
1997
Movie
Shey: The Conversation
Director
1993
Movie
Women and War: Trauma and Triumph of Women in '71
Director
1999