Asif Akbar
| Asif Akbar | |
|---|---|
| Native name | আসিফ আকবর |
| Born | Bangladesh |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Bangladeshi-American |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 📆 Years active | 2004-present |
| Notable work | The Commando |
Asif Akbar is the first Bangladeshi-American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He began his career in Hollywood and his first directorial full-length feature film was "My Foreign Desh" which was released in 2007 and premiered at the New York International Film and Video Festival in December 2008.
Early life[edit]
Asif Akbar born in Bangladesh. Akbar's favorite hobby as a child with new found technology in the early 90's was making his own movies using a home handy cam and editing tape-to- tape video. Akbar continued to direct and produce independent films and TV productions.
Achievements[edit]
Akbar's documentary film Top Priority: The Terror Within premiered at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills on May 16, 2012.[1]
In his interview, he claimed that his film The Commando good enough and successful as a commercial film.[2][3]
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Sweven | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2008 | My Foreign Desh | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2009 | Road to Las Vegas | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2010 | Road to Las Vegas Part 2
Axis The Last Breath |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2012 | Top Priority: The Terror Within | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2014 | Maria
Fight for My Life |
Yes | Yes | ||
| 2015 | Devoured
EP Unknown Love Frontlines |
Yes | Yes | Yes | "Ochena Hridoy-Unknown Love"
was his first Bangladeshi film that he produced. |
| 2016 | Duke
Smoke Filled Lungs |
Yes | |||
| 2018 | Talk to the Animals
Astro The Basement Man |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2019 | Los Angeles
Paradise Apartments Morbid Stories Holistic Healers |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2020 | Kill Giggles
Imagica Clown Fear |
Yes | |||
| 2021 | Ace & the Christmas Miracle[4]
In the Light of the Moon Shadows Unseen |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2022 | The Commando[5][6][7] | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2023 | Mojave Diamonds[8]
Apartment 213 Phoenix[13] |
(post-production) |
References[edit]
- ↑ "History Making Tell-All Documentary Top Priority: The Terror Within To Debut May 2012" (Press release). PRNewsWire.
- ↑ "Interview with 'The Commando' Director Asif Akbar". Script Magazine.
- ↑ "Asif Akbar Interview: The Commando". Screen Rant. 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ "Ace & the Christmas Miracle (2021)". Radio Times. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ Chang, Tom (2022-01-07). "The Commando Director Asif Akbar on Inspiration Behind Film & Casting". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ "The Commando review – Mickey Rourke stars in military-grade dross". The Guardian. 2022-01-04. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
- ↑ Kenny, Glenn (2022-01-06). "'The Commando' Review: Mickey Rourke, Still Standing, Barely". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
- ↑ "'Mojave Diamonds': Chael Sonnen, Cowboy Cerrone, Rampage Jackson & Weston Cage To Star In Action Movie". Deadline.
- ↑ "Mim to portray RAW agent in 'MR-9'". The Daily Star.
- ↑ "ABM Sumon to play Masud Rana in 'MR-9'". The Daily Star. 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ "Bidya Sinha Mim plays Raw Agent in 'MR-9'". The Business Standard. 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
- ↑ "Hollywood director, artistes to feature in Bangladesh film 'Masud Rana'". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
- ↑ Grobar, Matt (2022-01-24). "Thriller 'Phoenix', Rom-Com 'Things Like This,' Short 'Darwin Fick' Set Casts; Buffalo 8, Freestyle Acquisitions; More – Film Briefs". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
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