Biography of Mohammad Manik (Shanu Manik)
Born in 1983 and completed Masters Degree in Business Studies from National University of Bangladesh, besides completed the Enterprise Systems Analysis & Design-C#.Net in IT from DIIT in Dhaka. Participated the “Film Appreciation Course” and attended different kind workshops like “To Explore the Film Language”, “Aesthetics of Satyajit Ray: Four Classic Films” conducted by John W. Hood and “Forms of Cinema: In Search of Realism” by Gayatri Chatterjee organized by Bangladesh Film Institute also completed a course of editing from Crandasi Production from India. Now involved in film-making, editing, photography, script writing, graphics and design with own production house ART-VISION.
The favorite documentary film “The Celebrating Day” (Pohela Boishakh) is on the biggest Bengalee cultural issue, which was based on the 1st day in Bengali calendar with its related issues in 2012. “For Farmers” (Krishoker Jonno), a Government project have done for the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE). “The Fishermen” (Jalia) made to tell about the situation about the river of ‘Dhepa’ and related people located at Northern area of Bangladesh. Some other directed films are “35 ST Battalion” and “Rights of Way” for Bangladesh Army. Besides, edit some documentary films such as “The Goldsmith” documentary and with “In-between” fiction films are produced by Bangladesh Film Institute including technical and logistical arrangement during shooting and post-production works.