Maheen Zia is a Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

i film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 and film editor.

She has a degree in Radio/TV Production from Drake University (USA)
and teaches at the Department of Visual Studies at the University of Karachi

University of Karachi

The University of Karachi is a public university located in Karachi, Pakistan. It serves an on-campus student population of more than 24,000. According to the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, it is ranked among the top three universities of the country...

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She has worked as an editor at a production house and made documentaries and
short films on social issues and is one of the founder members and is on the
organizing board of Pakistan’s young, international film festival - The KaraFilm Festival.

She has served as Jury for International Film Festivals like Tehran International Short Film Festival 2005, Tehran, Iran, November 2005, Tampere Film Festival 2006, Tampere, Finland, March 2006, and Hyderabad International Film Festival

Hyderabad International Film Festival

The Hyderabad International Film Festival is a film festival in Hyderabad, India.-Objective:The objective of the HIFF is to provide common platform for the filmmakers of the world to project their excellence of the film art contributing to understanding and appreciation of film cultures of...

2007, Hyderabad, AP, India. The berlinale lists her in their talent data base She is also actively involved with PAWS Pakistan Animal Welfare Society

Maheen Zia, is the winner of India EU Film Initiative -
Berlin Today Award 08 for the film 'Match Factor'
Maheen Zia worked as Juror for Afghanistan Competition of 2nd Kabul Documentary & Short
Film Festival and also won the third prize of this festival for her documentary work 'The Women of Lahore' in the international competition section

Maheen Zia won the BERLIN TODAY AWARD 2008 for her short film Match Factor.

Filmography

• Match Factor, 2008 short film [Writer, Director]
• Candle In The Dark, 2006 - documentary (Director)
• Gwadar – Between Golden Acres and the Deep Blue Sea, 2006 - documentary (Director)
• A Pakistani Love Story - short film, 2006 (Director)
• Aaj Bazar Mein (In Spirit & Flesh: The Women of Lahore’s Diamond Market) (Director)
• Eclipse - Short Film, August 2005 [Director, Writer, Editor]

• Building Bridges, 2005 - Documentary, (Director)
• Doctor - short film, 2003 (co-director)
• Multan: City of Living Crafts - documentary, 2003 (Writer, Editor, Director)
• The People vs. Lyari Expressway - documentary, 2002 (Writer, Editor, Director)
• Baba Snooker - short film, 2001 (Director)
• Raat Chali Hai Jhoom Ke - feature film, 2000 (Editor)