{{short description|Bangladeshi women journalists}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Samia Zaman | honorific_suffix = | image = Samia Zaman (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Zaman in Dhaka Lit Fest 2017 | native_name = সামিয়া জামান | native_name_lang = bn | pronunciation = | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = | alma_mater = SOAS, University of London | occupation = Film director, television presenter, producer | employer = | organization = Ekattor TV, Versa Media<ref name="thedailystar.net">{{Cite web|date=2024-07-12|title='Ajob Karkhana': In search for the song of soul|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/tv-film/news/ajob-karkhana-search-the-song-soul-3655116|access-date=2025-01-03|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> | agent = <!-- Discouraged in most cases, specifically when promotional, and requiring a reliable source --> | known_for = Journalist and film director | notable_works = | style = | height = <!-- "X cm", "X m" or "X ft Y in" plus optional reference (conversions are automatic) --> | television = | title = <!-- Formal/awarded/job title. The parameter |office= may be used as an alternative when the label is better rendered as "Office" (e.g. public office or appointments) --> | spouse = | partner = <!-- (unmarried long-term partner) --> | children = | parents = | relatives = | family = | awards = Anannya Top Ten Awards (2008) | website = | signature = | footnotes = }}
'''Samia Zaman''' is a Bangladeshi media personality, filmmaker, and producer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2006/06/02/interview.htm|title=Reviving an Old Ritual|date=January 9, 2006|accessdate=2016-01-20|newspaper=The Daily Star|author=Aasha Mehreen Amin}}</ref> She was a television news presenter, reporter, and talk show host. In 2006, she emerged as a film director. She also serves as the editor and CEO of the television channel Ekattor TV.<ref name=cannes>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/cover-story/samia-zaman-bangladesh-cannes-102910|title=Samia Zaman: Bangladesh in Cannes|date=June 27, 2015|accessdate=2016-01-20|newspaper=The Daily Star|author=Rafi Hossain & M H Haider}}</ref>
==Career== In 1989, Zaman started out her career as a producer at the BBC World Service in London.<ref name=make>{{cite news|url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2006/03/02/cover.htm|title="Make your own decisions"--Samia Zaman|date=March 10, 2006|accessdate=2016-01-20|newspaper=The Daily Star|archive-date=2017-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531070332/http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2006/03/02/cover.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Zaman served as a journalist and news presenter at Ekushey Television.<ref name=cannes/>
===Films=== In 1987, Zaman was an assistant on the film ''Suchona'' with director Morshedul Islam.<ref name=make/> In 2006, she emerged as a filmmaker through her direction on the film ''Rani Kuthir Baki Itihash''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/06/18/d506181402101.htm|date=June 18, 2005|title=Rani Kuthir Baki Itihash: Samia Zaman on her debut film|author=Novera Deepita|accessdate=2016-01-20|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-173657|title=Samia Zaman Calls the Shots|date=February 11, 2011|accessdate=2016-01-20|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> She directed her second film, ''Aakash Koto Dure'', in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/akash-koto-dure-14208|title=Akash Koto Dure|author=Mohammad Zahidul Islam|date=March 1, 2014|accessdate=2016-01-20|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref><ref name=cannes/>
In March 2015, Zaman served on the judge panel of the Geneva International Oriental Film Festival.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/grapevine/samia-geneva-73915|title=Samia in Geneva|date=March 28, 2015|accessdate=2016-01-20|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref>
In 2024, Zaman produced the film ''Ajob Karkhana'' (2024), which was directed by Shabnam Ferdousi, and produced under her own banner, Versa Media.<ref name="thedailystar.net">{{Cite web|date=2024-07-12|title='Ajob Karkhana': In search for the song of soul|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/tv-film/news/ajob-karkhana-search-the-song-soul-3655116|access-date=2025-01-03|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== Zaman has three daughters.<ref name=make/>
==Awards== * Anannya Top Ten Awards (2008)
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|7139171}}
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