# Samia Zaman

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{{short description|Bangladeshi women journalists}}
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| caption            = Zaman in Dhaka Lit Fest 2017
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| alma_mater         = [SOAS, University of London](/source/SOAS%2C_University_of_London)
| occupation         = Film director, television presenter, producer
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| organization       = [Ekattor TV](/source/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>
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'''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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Ekushey_Television).<ref name=cannes/>

===Films===
In 1987, Zaman was an assistant on the film ''Suchona'' with director [Morshedul Islam](/source/Morshedul_Islam).<ref name=make/> In 2006, she emerged as a filmmaker through her direction on the film ''[Rani Kuthir Baki Itihash](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Ajob_Karkhana)'' (2024), which was directed by [Shabnam Ferdousi](/source/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](/source/Anannya_Top_Ten_Awards) (2008)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|7139171}}

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