Junaid Halim is a Bangladeshi film actor and editor. He is also one of the renowned professors of film studies in Bangladesh. He was the chairman of the Film & TV department at Jagannath University, one of the reputed public universities in Bangladesh.[1] He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Editing three times for the films Shankhonad (2004), Britter Baire (2009) and Maya: The Lost Mother (2019).[2]

Junaid Halim
জুনায়েদ হালিম
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupation(s)Film editor and professor (Professor of Film and Television Studies at Jagannath University)
Years active1993–Present
Awardsfull list

Early life edit

Junaid Halim was born in Madhabdi municipality area in Narsingdi District under Dhaka division. His parents are late A. J. M Abdul Halim Mollah and late Rijia Halim.

Education edit

Professor Junaid Halim obtained his honors and masters degrees from the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at the University of Dhaka (1983-87). He later have flown to India to pursue his higher education at the Film and Television Institute, Pune and completed his Diploma in Cinema (Specialization in Editing) in (1995-1996). He returned to Dhaka later and joined as a lecturer of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at Jagannath University.

Filmography edit

As an actor edit

  • Shey – 1993
  • Dub Satar – 2011

As an editor edit

  • Shorot'71 – 2000
  • Bachelor – 2004
  • Shankhonad – 2005
  • Rani Kuthir Baki Itihash – 2006
  • Nirontor – 2006
  • Swopnodanay – 2007
  • Banshi – 2007
  • Rupantor – 2008
  • Britter Bairey – 2009
  • Sohagi's Ornament – 2015

Awards and nominations edit

National Film Awards

Year Award Category Film Result
2004 National Film Award Best Editing Shankhonad Won
1995 National Film Award Best Editing Britter Baire Won[3]

References edit

  1. ^ https://m.u71news.com/article/177042/index.html
  2. ^ "Award-2019" (PDF) (in Bengali). Ministry of Information. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. ^ জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২) [List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012)]. Government of Bangladesh (in Bengali). Bangladesh Film Development Corporation. Retrieved 25 March 2019.


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