Tareque Masud, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tareque Masud

Bangladeshi film director

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1956

Place of Birth: Bhanga Upazila, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh

Date of Death: 13-Aug-2011

Profession: film director

Nationality: Pakistan, Bangladesh

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Tareque Masud (6 December 1956 – 13 August 2011) was a Bangladeshi independent film director, film producer, screenwriter and lyricist.
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 section outside competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
The film became Bangladesh's first film to compete for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Masud died in a road accident on 13 August 2011 while returning to Dhaka from Manikganj on the Dhaka-Aricha highway after visiting a filming location.
Masud was working on Kagojer Phool (The Paper Flower).In 2012, he posthumously received Ekushey Padak, the highest civilian award of Bangladesh.
In 2013, New York University Asian/Pacific/American Institute, and South Asia Solidarity Initiative, hosted the first North American retrospective of his films.