Sheikh Niamat Ali (30 April 1940 – 24 November 2003) was a Bangladeshi 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 ...

in 1979, 1985 and 1995 for all the three feature films he ever made - ''

Surja Dighal Bari ''Surja Dighal Bari'' (''The Ominous House'') is a 1979 Bangladeshi feature film directed and produced by Sheikh Niamat Ali and Masihuddin Shaker. The screenplay was based on Abu Ishaque's 1955 novel of the same title. It was the first film made fr ...

'', ''Dahan'' and ''Anyajiban'' respectively.

Career

In 1977, Ali and his co-director

Masihuddin Shaker Masihuddin Shaker is a Bangladeshi film director and writer. In 1979, he won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director for the film ''Surja Dighal Bari''. Background Shaker studied architecture at Bangladesh University of Engineering ...

started shooting the film ''

''. The film was based on a novel by

Abu Ishaque Abu Bashar Mohammad Ishaque ( bn, আবু ইসহাক; 1 November 1926 – 2003) was a Bangladeshi novelist. Early life Ishaque was born in the village of Shirangal in Naria, Faridpur District (now in Shariatpur District) on 1 November 192 ...

about the rural people in the 1950s. It won five international awards, including

Mannheim Film Festival The Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival (german: Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg), often referred to by the German-language initialism IFFMH, is an annual film festival established in 1952 hosted jointly by the cit ...

and Portugal Film Society. It was the first film made from Bangladesh government grant.

Filmography

* ''

'' (1979) * '' Dahan'' (1985) * ''

Anya Jibon ''Anya Jibon'' ( bn, অন্য জীবন) is a Bangladeshi Bengali language film that was released in 1995. The film's screenplay and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Sheikh Niamat Ali and also produced the film from his own banner S Niamot ...

'' (1995)

Awards

* Chalachchitram Award 2004

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Sheikh Niamat 1940 births 2003 deaths Bangladeshi film directors Best Director National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners Best Screenplay National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners Best Story National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners 20th-century screenwriters Film directors from West Bengal