Tareque Masud
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 6, 1956
- Died
- August 13, 2011
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Return Journey 2012
as Self
Runway 2010
Director, Screenplay, Dialogue, Story, Original Music Composer
Noroshundor 2009
Story, Director
Homeland 2005
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Story, Dialogue, Lyricist
The Clay Bird 2002
Director, Screenplay, Dialogue, Story, Lyricist
A Kind of Childhood 2002
Director
Words of Freedom 2001
Director
- Women and War
Women and War 2000
Director
- Women and War: Trauma and Triumph of Women in '71
Women and War: Trauma and Triumph of Women in '71 1999
Director, Producer
VOICES OF CHILDREN 1997
Director
Song of Freedom 1995
Director
Shey: The Conversation 1993
Director
The Inner Strength 1991
Director
Credits from TMDB.