Director
Tareque Masud
Born 1956 · Bangladesh
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.
Directed
The Clay Bird
Director · 2002
The Inner Strength
Director · 1991
Runway
Director · 2010
Song of Freedom
Director · 1995
Homeland
Director · 2005
A Kind of Childhood
Director · 2002
Women and War
Director · 2000
Words of Freedom
Director · 2001
Noroshundor
Director · 2009
VOICES OF CHILDREN
Director · 1997
Shey: The Conversation
Director · 1993
Women and War: Trauma and Triumph of Women in '71
Director · 1999
