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Tiakümzük Aier

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Tiakümzük Aier
BornTiakümzük Aier
(1984-04-01) 1 April 1984 (age 39)[1]
Tuensang, Nagaland
💼 Occupation
📆 Years active  2012–present
WorksDreamz Unlimited - Nagaland
👩 Spouse(s)Akumla Lkr (m. 2017)
👶 Children1

Tiakümzük Aier (born 1 April 1984) is a Naga film director. He made his directorial debut with the 2012 Ao-language christian film Life Rewind and the 2014 The Wake-Up Call.[2] He further achieved success with his 2017 film Nana - A Tale of Us.

Life and career[edit]

Tiakümzük Aier was born on 1 April 1984 in Tuensang, Nagaland to an Ao Naga father from Sungratsu village of Mokokchung District and a Chang Naga mother from Tuensang. He spent most of his childhood in Tuensang as his mother was posted there. He also did his high-school from Tuensang.[3][4]

He has directed several plays including Needles and Pins – a contemporary play about the political, economic and social status of Nagaland, Father’s Letter – a play about family, its values and responsibility as a father and a son, Edge of Life – a play on drug abuse, Beyond the Valley – an evolve play on women empowerment, Sanitation (Swacch Bharat) and Identity. He also directed the short film Lichaba's Daughter.[1]

Aier directed the 2017 drama film Nana - A Tale of Us, starring Zhokhoi Chüzho and Mengu Suokhrie. Upon release, Nana - A Tale of Us received widespread critical acclaim with critics calling it one of the finest films to come out of India that year.[5]

As of 2019, Aier announced that another film is planned.[3]

Awards[edit]

In 2017, Tiakümzük Aier was awarded The Golden Calton Best Director 2017 for the film Nana - A Tale of Us at The Edinburgh Festival of Indian Films and Documentaries (EFIFD). He was the first Naga Film Director to win such an award.[6]

Selected filmography[edit]

  • Life Rewind (2012) – director
  • The Wake-Up Call (2014) – director
  • Nana - A Tale of Us (2017) – director

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "TIAKUMZUK AIER – Director of 'Nana' and Head of Dreamz Unlimited". www.themoviean.com. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  2. "DREAMZ UNLIMITED: Shining through a thought-provoking Revival". www.thenortheastwindow.com. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "A short write up on Dreamz unlimited and when it was incepted?". www.thenortheastwindow.com. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  4. "Up close and personal with Dreamz Unlimited director Tiakumzuk Aier". www.thenagarepublic.com. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  5. "Nagaland's Little Film Of Big Hope". www.orissapost.com. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  6. "Nagaland film 'Nana: A Tale of Us' dazzles Edinburgh, top prize for Director Tiakumzuk". www.thenagarepublic.com. Retrieved 2020-05-30.

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