Tareque Masud

Tareque Masud

Tareque Masud ( Bangla : তারেক মাসুদ, Tārek Māsud; born December 6, 1956 or 1957 in Faridpur , Dhaka Division , Bangladesh ; † August 13, 2011 in Manikganj , Dhaka Division, Bangladesh) was an award-winning director from Bangladesh. He directed the films Muktir Gaan and Matir Moina (2002), for which he won a number of international awards, including the International Critics' Prize and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival .

biography

Tareque Masud was born in 1956 or 1957 in Nurpur village in Upazila Bhanga of Faridpur district and spent most of his childhood in a madrasa (Islamic school). His studies were initially interrupted by the 1971 Bangladesh War. After the war he studied history at the University of Dhaka . Masud attended film courses during his studies and began his first film about the painter SM Sultan in 1982 . A number of documentaries and animated films followed. In 1989 he married the American Catherine Masud and moved with her to New York. He died in a car accident on August 13, 2011 on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Manikganj together with his cameraman Mishuk Munier ; his wife was seriously injured.

Filmography

• 1989: Adam Surat
• 1995: Muktir Gaan
• 1999: Muktir Kotha
• 2002: Matir moina
• 2005: Ontarjatra

Awards

• 1997: Special mention on the film South Asia for the film Muktir Gaan
• 2002: FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Matir Moina
• 2002: Best Screenplay of the Marrakech International Film Festival for Matir Moina
• 2006: Asian and Arab Competition Award from Osian's Cinefan for Ontarjatra
• 2012: Ekushey Padak

Web links

• Tareque Masud in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Tareque Masud obituary in guardian.co.uk
2. ^ Tareque laid to rest in The Daily Star of August 17, 2011
3. ↑ Tareque Masud: In short ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at banglanews24.com 
4. ↑ Film industry in grave shock  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ ^{a b} Profile of the film "The Clay Bird" and the director on oscilloscope.net (accessed on August 13, 2011)
6. ↑ ^{a b} Article on banglanews24.com ( memento of the original from January 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed August 13, 2011) 
7. ^ Jamie Russell: The Clay Bird (Matir Moina) (2003) . = BBC . July 3, 2003. Retrieved February 8, 2009.
8. ^ Cannes Film Festival 2002 on IMDb . (Accessed August 13, 2011)
9. ↑ Tareque Masud: In short ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at banglanews24.com 
10. ↑ To Friends of Asian Cinema: The Untimely Death of Tareque Masud And Mishuk Munier ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at NETPAC 
11. ↑ Film Southasia 1997 Festival Report ( Memento of the original from July 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed August 14, 2011) 
12. ↑ ^{a b c} Tareque Masus Film Awards on IMDb (accessed on August 14, 2011)