Tareque Masud

Tareque Masud was an awardwinning 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 Chicagoborn film editor