# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anwar-hossain
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:59:59.993Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anwar-hossain"
name: "Anwar Hossain"
slug: "anwar-hossain"
description: "Anwar Hossain was a Bangladeshi photographer and cinematographer. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Cinematography a record five times for the films Sundori (1979), Emiler Goenda Bahini (1980), Puraskar (1983), Anya Jibon (1995) and Lalsalu (2003)."
tagline: "Bangladeshi photographer and cinematographer (1948-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anwar_Hossain.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1948-10-06"
deathDate: "2018-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.07
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.736069333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1415839/"
    handle:    "nm1415839"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86_(%D9%81%D9%88%D9%B9%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1)"
    title: "انور حسین (فوٹوگرافر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "انوار هوساين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8_(%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80)"
    title: "আনোয়ার হোসেন (আলোকচিত্রী)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_Hossain"
    title: "Anwar Hossain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_Hossain_(photographer)"
    title: "Anwar Hossain (photographer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_Hossain"
    title: "Anwar Hossain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_Hossain_(photographer)"
    title: "Anwar Hossain (photographer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15633501"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump