Tareque Masud
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 6, 1956
- Place of birth
- Bangladesh
- Died
- August 13, 2011
Biography
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.
Movies with Tareque Masud
- Return Journey 2012
Movies directed by Tareque Masud
- The Clay Bird 2002 · ★ 7.5
- Runway 2010 · ★ 7.0
- Homeland 2005 · ★ 6.2
- The Inner Strength 1991 · ★ 10.0
- Song of Freedom 1995 · ★ 7.0
- A Kind of Childhood 2002
- Women and War 2000
- Words of Freedom 2001
- Noroshundor 2009
- VOICES OF CHILDREN 1997
- Shey: The Conversation 1993
- Women and War: Trauma and Triumph of Women in '71 1999