Maheen Zia is a Pakistani film director and

film editor Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film which increasingly involves the use of digital technology. The film ed ...

Education

She has a degree in Radio/TV Production from

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, Des Moines, Iowa, United States and teaches at the Department of Visual Studies at the

University of Karachi The University of Karachi ( sd, ; informally Karachi University, KU, or UoK) is a public research university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in June 1951 by an act of Parliament and as a successor to the University of Sindh (wh ...

Career

She has worked as an editor at a production house and made documentaries and short films on social issues and is one of the founder members and is on the organizing board of Pakistan's young, international film festival – The KaraFilm Festival (Karachi Film Festival). She has served as Jury for

International Film Festival A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upo ...

s like Tehran International Short Film Festival 2005, Tehran, Iran, November 2005, Tampere Film Festival 2006, Tampere, Finland, March 2006, and

Hyderabad International Film Festival The Hyderabad International Film Festival (HIFF) is a film festival in Hyderabad, India. Festival The first Hyderabad International Film Festival (HIFF) was held in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India in 2007. The Hyderabad Film Club, A.P. Film Di ...

2007, Hyderabad, AP, India. The berlinale lists her in their talent data base. She is also actively involved with PAWS Pakistan Animal Welfare Society Maheen Zia, is the winner of India EU Film Initiative – Berlin Today Award 08 for the film 'Match Factor' Maheen Zia worked as Juror for Afghanistan Competition of 2nd Kabul Documentary & Short Film Festival and also won the third prize of this festival for her documentary work 'The Women of Lahore' in the international competition section Maheen Zia won the BERLIN TODAY AWARD 2008 for her short film Match Factor.

Filmography

*Match Factor, 2008 short film riter, Director*Candle In The Dark, 2006 – documentary (Director) *Gwadar – Between Golden Acres and the Deep Blue Sea, 2006 – documentary (Director) *A Pakistani Love Story – short film, 2006 (Director) *Aaj Bazar Mein (In Spirit & Flesh: The Women of Lahore's 'Diamond Market' (which is locally called in Pakistani Urdu language 'Heera Mandi') (Director) *Eclipse – Short Film, August 2005 irector, Writer, Editor*Building Bridges, 2005 – Documentary, (Director) *Doctor – short film, 2003 (co-director) *Multan: City of Living Crafts – documentary, 2003 (Writer, Editor, Director) *The People vs. Lyari Expressway – documentary, 2002 (Writer, Editor, Director) *Baba Snooker – short film, 2001 (Director) *Raat Chali Hai Jhoom Ke – feature film, 2000 (Editor)

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Pakistani documentary film directors Pakistani film directors Pakistani film producers Pakistani film editors Academic staff of the University of Karachi Pakistani women academics Women film editors Women documentary filmmakers {{Pakistan-film-producer-stub