Career
A native of Karachi, Waqar has been an active filmmaker since the year 2012. His first film 9:11 am was one of the only two Pakistani films showcased at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012 in France. The film 9:11 am was also part of the Official Selection in the year 2012 at the Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival of Mississauga (MISAFF) in Canada and the Gandhara Film Festival in Pakistan.
In August 2013, Waqar produced and directed an experimental music film tribute to Pakistan's and the sub-continent's pop music singer Nazia Hassan. The video, titled Imagineer, was released on the thirteenth anniversary of her death. It highlighted Hassan's contribution to South Asian pop and Bollywood film music.
Waqar completed Pakistan's first silent film titled Meeoww Billi aur World War 3 in September 2013. The film is an artistic experiment inspired by the age of silent cinema of the 1920s with a global political message about the Middle East. Meeoww Billi aur World War 3 has been selected for screening at international film festivals in 2013–2014.
Faraz was recognized as an emerging new Director at the prestigious HUM TV Awards in 2015 in the category of Best Short Films - Middle East. His latest film completed in 2016 is titled OTHER-ISTAN - The other face of Pakistan that is to be screened at international film festivals this year.
With his previous background and experience in Brand Marketing, Waqar has in the past been closely involved with the development of commercial television, radio and print advertising for major international and Pakistani brands. In 2002, Waqar was part of the Brand Marketing team responsible for conceptualizing, producing and directing the first Lux Style Awards for Unilever in Pakistan. The Lux Style Awards is today considered one of Pakistan's premier annual award show events.
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