Ashraf Shishir
{{short description|Bangladeshi independent film director, screenwriter and human rights activist}}
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| native_name = আশরাফ শিশির
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| birth_name = Md Ashraful Alam
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|02|01}}
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| nationality = Bangladeshi
| occupation = Film director, screenwriter,
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| notable_works = Gariwala, Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo
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| awards = full list
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Md Ashraful Alam (born 1 February 1983){{cite web |url=https://www.cfsbangladesh.org/festival2015/brochure.pdf |title=Future in Frames |website=Children's Film Festival, Bangladesh}} better known as Ashraf Shishir is a Bangladeshi independent film director, screenwriter and human rights activist.{{cite web |title=Gaariwala |url=https://www.arianofilmfestival.com/finalisti/s/1/dettagli/1233?lang=en |website=www.arianofilmfestival.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523170503/https://www.arianofilmfestival.com/finalisti/s/1/dettagli/1233%3Flang%3Den |archive-date=23 May 2019 |url-status=dead |access-date=23 May 2019}} He received Bangladesh National Film Awards in 2014 for Gariwala.{{cite news |title=Moushumi, Mim, Ferdous receive National Film Award |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/entertainment/Moushumi-Mim-Ferdous-receive-National-Film-Award |work=Prothom Alo |date=11 May 2016}} It has been screened at 65 international film festivals in 22 countries and has earned 24 international awards.{{cite news |script-title=bn:নতুন ছবি বানাবেন আশরাফ শিশির |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/article/692107/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AB-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0 |work=Prothom Alo |language=bn |access-date=23 May 2019}}
His film Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo is the longest non-experimental film ever made.{{cite news |title=Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo gets censor certificate |url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/73036/article/35972 |work=New Age |access-date=21 May 2019 |language=en}}
Biography
Shishir graduated in information technology and earned his masters' in International human rights law.{{cite web |title=The Cart |url=http://worldfilmpresentation.com/film/cart |website=worldfilmpresentation.com |language=en |date=1 September 2015 |access-date=23 May 2019}} He is the author of four books.
Filmography
:Note:Films in Bengali-language unless mentioned otherwise.
;Music Video
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! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Singer(s) | ||
| 2017 | Jadukor | Shironamhin |
| 2018 | Bohemiyan | Shironamhin |
| 2020 | Cafeteria Periye | Shironamhin |
Awards
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2014 | Gariwala | Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Short Film, 2014 |
References
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