Tareque Masud
Directing
- Born
- December 6, 1956 · Bangladesh
- Died
- August 13, 2011 (age 54)
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.
Known for
The Clay Bird
November 8, 2002
Runway
December 16, 2010
Homeland
September 13, 2005
The Inner Strength
January 1, 1991
Song of Freedom
December 1, 1995
A Kind of Childhood
January 1, 2002
Noroshundor
January 1, 2009
Words of Freedom
January 19, 2001
VOICES OF CHILDREN
October 1, 1997
Shey: The Conversation
January 1, 1993
Behind the camera12
- 2010Runway Director, Screenplay, Dialogue, Story, Original Music Composer
- 2009Noroshundor Story, Director
- 2005Homeland Director, Screenplay, Producer, Story, Dialogue, Lyricist
- 2002The Clay Bird Director, Screenplay, Dialogue, Story, Lyricist
- 2002A Kind of Childhood Director
- 2001Words of Freedom Director
- 2000Women and War Director
- 1999Women and War: Trauma and Triumph of Women in '71 Director, Producer
- 1997VOICES OF CHILDREN Director
- 1995