Catherine Masud

Catherine Masud

Director · Producer · Writer

Chicago
May 27, 1963

Biography

Catherine Masud is an American-born filmmaker, residing in Bangladesh from 1995–2015. She now lives in the United States. She has collaborated with her husband & filmmaking partner Tareque Masud to make numerous shorts, documentaries and features, many of which have been nationally/internationally awarded and shown around the world. Since Tareque's untimely death in August 2011, Catherine has devoted herself to the archiving and preservation of his work, and the completion of their unfinished oeuvre.

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Representative Works

Song of Freedom
Song of Freedom
7.0
/ Bengali
Noroshundor
Noroshundor
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/ Urdu
Alpha
Alpha
6.0
/ Bengali
Words of Freedom
Words of Freedom
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/ Bengali
Runway
Runway
6.8
/ Bengali
Return Journey
Return Journey
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/ Bengali
The Clay Bird
The Clay Bird
7.4
/ Bengali
Homeland
Homeland
6.3
/ Bengali
Women and War
Women and War
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/ Bengali
A Kind of Childhood
A Kind of Childhood
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/ English
VOICES OF CHILDREN​
VOICES OF CHILDREN​
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/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Song of Freedom
1995Nominee

Best Director

Song of Freedom

Noroshundor
2009Nominee

Best Director

Noroshundor

Alpha
2019Nominee

Career Highlight

Alpha

Career Highlights

Words of Freedom
2001Highlight

Best Director

Words of Freedom

Runway
2010Highlight

Best Writing

Runway