Bashar Georgis
Bashar studied filmmaking in the United Kingdom. After returning home in 2000, he collaborated with Amitabh Reza Chowdhury and Nurul Alam Atik as an editor and co-director in television advertisements and TV dramas. In 2010, he worked as an editor for the supernatural TV drama Bishaash produced by BBC World Service Trust. In 2015, he directed the first season of Ujan ganger naiya, a TV drama themed around maternity health, written and co-directed by Giasuddin Selim and produced by BBC Media Action.  After the success of the first season, Bashar directed two subsequent seasons of the show. In 2016, Bashar founded his own production house Inovasi films. Through Inovasi, he collaborated with government and non-government agencies to create content for public health awareness. Meanwhile, he continued working as a film editor, and received the 2018 Anondo-Alo Charuniram award for his editorial work in the short film Hotel Albatross directed by Nuhash Humayun.