Junaid Halim | |
|---|---|
জুনায়েদ হালিম | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Occupation(s) | Film editor and professor (Professor of Film and Television Studies at Jagannath University) |
| Years active | 1993–Present |
| Awards | full list |
Junaid Halim is a Bangladeshi film actor and editor. He is also one of the renowned professors of film studies in Bangladesh. He was the chairman of the Film & TV department at Jagannath University, one of the reputed public universities in Bangladesh. [1] He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Editing three times for the films Shankhonad (2004), Britter Baire (2009) and Maya: The Lost Mother (2019). [2]
Junaid Halim was born in Madhabdi municipality area in Narsingdi District under Dhaka division. His parents are late A. J. M Abdul Halim Mollah and late Rijia Halim.
Professor Junaid Halim obtained his honors and masters degrees from the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at the University of Dhaka (1983-87). He later have flown to India to pursue his higher education at the Film and Television Institute, Pune and completed his Diploma in Cinema (Specialization in Editing) in (1995-1996). He returned to Dhaka later and joined as a lecturer of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at Jagannath University.
| Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | National Film Award | Best Editing | Shankhonad | Won |
| 2009 | National Film Award | Best Editing | Britter Baire | Won [3] |
| 2019 | National Film Award | Best Editing | Maya: The Lost Mother | Won [4] |