Tareque Masud
Bangladeshi film director (1956-2011) · Bangladesh · On the map · Directors · Died at 54
Tareque Masud was a Bangladeshi independent film director, film producer, screenwriter and lyricist.
Tareque Masud is read about 12 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 20 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 120 days, one point a day.
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RunwayFilm, Director, Writer2009
NoroshundorFilm, Director, Writer2005
HomelandFilm, Director, Writer2002Bangladesh National Film Award for Best ScreenplayAwardFIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de CannesAwardMarrakech International Film Festival AwardsAward
A Kind of ChildhoodFilm, 2002Director
The Clay BirdFilm, 2002Director, Writer2001
Words of FreedomFilm, Director2000Women and WarFilm, Director1999Women and War: Trauma and Triumph of Women in '71Film, Director, Producer1997
VOICES OF CHILDRENFilm, Director1995
Song of FreedomFilm, Director1993
Shey: The ConversationFilm, Director1991
The Inner StrengthFilm, Director1956Born6 December 1956People around Tareque
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He first found success with the films Muktir Gaan (1995) and Matir Moina (2002), for which he won three international awards, including the International Critics' FIPRESCI Prize, in the Directors' Fortnight at 2002 Cannes Film Festival. The film became Bangladesh's first film to compete for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
