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
2002 Cannes Film Festival
2002 Cannes Film Festival
Tareque Masud