Zakir Hossain Raju
Zakir Hossain Raju | |
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জাকির হোসেন রাজু | |
Raju in 2023 at IUB | |
| Born | 1970 Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Citizenship | Bangladesh, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, professor, filmmaker |
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| Board member of | Bangladesh Film Certification Board, Curriculum Advisory board of Wawasan Open University, Bangladesh Short Film Forum, Expert Committee member of the Bangladesh Film Archive |
| Spouse | Nusrat Disha |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Dhaka University, La Trobe University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Asian film scholar |
| Institutions | Independent University, Bangladesh, King Sejong Institute, Transparency International Bangladesh, Ford Foundation, University of Malaya, NETPAC, Bangladesh Short Film Forum |
Zakir Hossain Raju (Bengali: জাকির হোসেন রাজু) is a Bangladeshi academic, film critic and filmmaker. He currently serves as a member of the Bangladesh Film Certification Board, Expert Committee member of the Bangladesh Film Archive, Director of the King Sejong Institute, Bangladesh & Head of the Media and Communication department at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). He also served as NETPAC jury chair for the Asian cinema category at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.