Anwar Hossain

Anwar Hossain (; 6 October 1948 – 1 December 2018) was a Bangladeshi photographer and cinematographer. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Cinematography a record five times for the films Sundori, Emiler Goenda Bahini (1980), Puraskar (1983), Anya Jibon (1995) and Lalsalu (2003).

Early life and education Hossain was born in Old Dhaka in 1948. He graduated in architecture from BUET and got a diploma in cinematography from the Film and Television Institute of Pune, India. His photography captured the Liberation War of Bangladesh.

Personal life and death Hossain married to Bangladeshi film actress and writer Dolly Anwar in 1979. Anwar committed suicide on 3 July 1991. Hossain migrated to France after the death of his ex-wife in 1991. In 1993, he married a French woman and had two sons together.

Films Surja Dighal Bari (La Maison Tragique), 1979 Emiler Goenda Bahini, 1980 Bostrobalikara: Garment Girls of Bangladesh (TV documentary) Dahan 1985 Anya Jibon 1995 Nadir Naam Madhumati (A River Named Madhumati), 1994 Chitra Nodir Pare (Quiet Flows the River Chitra), 1999 Lalsalu, 2002 Shyamol Chhaya, 2004 Three Beauties (producer), 2006 Swapnabhumi: The Promised Land, 2007

Awards and honors

Sole Jury, Commonwealth photo contest, Cyprus, 1980 Principal National Jury, Bangladesh, 2008–2011