Junaid Halim is a Bangladeshi film actor and editor. He is also one of the renowned professors of film studies in

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

. He was the chairman of the Film & TV department at

Jagannath University Jagannath University (JnU) () is a public university located in Sadarghat, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded as ''Dhaka Brahma School'' in 1858 and renamed ''Jagannath School'' in 1872, and later renamed ''Jagannath College'' in 1884, the institution wa ...

, one of the reputed public universities in

. He won

Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Editing The Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Editing () is one of the highest film awards in Bangladesh. Since 1977, the awards are given in the category of best Editing. The first award winner was '' Bashir Hossain''. Mujibur Rahman Dulu was awar ...

three times for the films '' Shankhonad'' (2004), ''Britter Baire'' (2009) and '' Maya: The Lost Mother'' (2019).

Early life

Junaid Halim was born in Madhabdi municipality area in Narsingdi District under

Dhaka division Dhaka Division () is an Divisions of Bangladesh, administrative division of Bangladesh. Dhaka serves as the capital city of Dhaka Division, the Dhaka District and Bangladesh. The division remains as a population magnet, and covers an area of 20, ...

. His parents are late A. J. M Abdul Halim Mollah and late Rijia Halim.

Education

Professor Junaid Halim obtained his honors and masters degrees from the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...

(1983-87). He later have flown to

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to pursue his higher education at the Film and Television Institute,

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and completed his Diploma in Cinema (Specialization in Editing) in (1995-1996). He returned to

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later and joined as a lecturer of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at

Filmography

As an actor

* Shey – 1993 * Dub Satar – 2011

As an editor

Awards and nominations

National Film Awards The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Cinema of India, Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India ...

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Halim, Junaid Living people Bangladeshi film editors Best Editor National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners Year of birth missing (living people)