Nasiruddin Yousuff is a Bangladeshi stage and film director. He won

Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director National Film Award for Best Director ( bn, জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার) is the highest award for film directors in Bangladesh, presented annually at Bangladesh National Film Awards ceremony by the Min ...

for the film '' Guerrilla'' (2011). He was awarded

Ekushey Padak Ekushey Padak ( bn, একুশে পদক; lit. "Twentyfirst Award") is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement of 1952. The award is given to recognize contribut ...

by the

Government of Bangladesh The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার — ) is the central executive government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Con ...

in 2010 for his contribution to Bangladeshi theater. He was a freedom fighter, an urban guerrilla who fought for independence of Bangladesh.

Career

Yousuff, along with

Selim Al Deen Selim Al Deen (18 August 1949 – 14 January 2008) was a Bangladeshi playwright and theatre artist. He was the founder chairperson of the Department of Drama and Dramatics at Jahangirnagar University. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Awar ...

, founded "Dhaka Theatre" in 1973 and later "Bangladesh Gram Theatre". He is the organising secretary of Bangladesh Centre of International Theatre (BCITI). He served as the president and director of the Committee for Cultural Identity and Development (CIDC).

Works

* ''

Ekattorer Jishu ''Ekattorer Jishu'' (Eng. ''Jesus of Seventy one,'' bn, একাত্তরের যীশু) is a 1993 Bangladeshi film based on the Bangladesh Liberation War. The film is directed by Nasir Uddin Yusuf and is based on the novel ''Ekattorer J ...

'' (1993) * ''

Alpha Alpha (uppercase , lowercase ; grc, ἄλφα, ''álpha'', or ell, άλφα, álfa) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of one. Alpha is derived from the Phoenician letter aleph , whic ...

'' (2019) * '' Guerrilla'' (2011) * ''Shey Kotha Boley Jai''

Personal life

Yousuff is married to artist

Shimul Yousuf Shimul Yousuf (born 24 March 1957) is a Bangladeshi actress, director and singer. She was awarded the Ekushey Padak, the second most important award for civilians in Bangladesh in 2023. Early life Yousuf was born in Dhaka on 24 March 1957 and is ...

. Together they have a daughter Esha Yousuf.

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* Living people Bangladeshi theatre directors Recipients of the Ekushey Padak Best Film Directing Meril-Prothom Alo Critics Choice Award winners Best Director National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners Place of birth missing (living people) Honorary Fellows of Bangla Academy Best Screenplay National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners 1950 births {{Bangladesh-bio-stub