Bijon
Writer – Director – Producer
3748 Westwood Blvd. #4, Los Angeles, CA 90034 /
+1405.412.2326 / bijon.imtiaz@gmail.com
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3769280/
Bijon is the first Bangladeshi Film Production/Directing MFA- graduate from the
prestigious Film, Television, and Theatre Department of University of California, Los
Angeles. His debut feature flm Kingdom of Clay Subjects has World Premiered at 42nd
Seattle International Film Festival. He has received numerous awards for his
flimmaking including Motion Picture Association of America Awards, Edie and Lew
Wasserman Film Production fellowship, Dorothy Arzner Memorial Awards, and The
Nancy Richardson Fund. Bijon’s documentary proposal Beyond the Waves won the
Colors of Asia competition at Tokyo Docs.
Bijon has studied Film Theory along with Religious Studies during his Bachelor’s of Arts
degree at University of Oklahoma. He studied Islamic Theology, law and the Quran with
special interest in interpretive theories of different groups of Islam as his thesis
research. His internationally recognized feature film Kingdom of Clay Subjects explore
this theme along with his experimental short film Absolute Truth produced at UCLA.
As a child in Bangladesh, he felt tremendously moved by the medium of film as a tool for
conveying the intimate emotional experiences of human beings. His fascination with the
human condition in the face of social institutions drove my appetite to pursue
flimmaking
Master of Fine Arts, Film Production- Directing, University of California, Los Angeles
(2015).
Bachelor of Arts (with Distinctions) in Film and Video Studies, Religious Studies
(Minor), University of Oklahoma (2009).
* Kingdom of Clay Subjects (2016). Credit: Writer, Director.
* Home, In Development. Credit: Writer, Director.
* Money Bag, In Development. Credit: Writer, Director.
* Parallel Salvation (2008). Credit: Writer, Director, Producer.
* Official Selection 62nd Cannes International Film Festival Short Film Corner;
* Official Selection Cultural Unplugged 2010.
* Chaotic Rhythm (2009). Credit: Writer, Director, Producer.
* Official Selection Dead Centre Film Festival, USA.
* Official Selection RedBud Film Festival, USA.
* One Eyed Man (2009). Credit: Writer, Director, Producer.
* Official Selection 31st International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand.
* Absolute Truth (2012). Credit: Writer, Director, Producer.
* f(x) (2012). Credit: Writer, Director, Producer.
* Surf Girls, In Production. Credit: Director, Producer.
* Tiger Widows, In development. Credit: Director, Producer.
* Work as a Writer/Director/ Producer at Goopy Bagha Productions Limited.
* Worked as a Special Reader at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
* Worked as Producer for Video projects for NHK, World Vision, UNDP, Unicef, Water
Aid Bangladesh.
* Colors of Asia: Tokyo Docs pitching Competition Winner
* The Nancy Richardson Fund Award.
* Edie and Lew Wasserman Film Production Fellowship.
* Dorothy Arzner Memorial Award.
* UCLA Graduate Fellowship.
* Motion Picture Association of America Award.
* The University of Oklahoma President’s Award.
* Heidi Karriker Film and Video Studies Award.
