Meenu Gaur is a London-based British-Indian director and screenwriter.
She is best known for her 2013 Pakistani film Zinda Bhaag which she
co-wrote and co-directed with Farjab Nabi. The film was an entry to
the foreign film category at the Oscars.Zinda Bhaag earned her
critical acclaim worldwide and was theatrically released in USA, UAE
and Pakistan. It was subsequently released on Netflix in 2015. She is
presently working on a feature film titled 'Barzakh:Between Heaven and
Hell' supported by the Locarno International Film Festival's Open
Doors Hub Programme. She has also been part of Berlinale Talents and
the NIPKOW film residency in Berlin, supported by Berlinale and
Medienboard. Recently, SOAS, University of London installed her
portrait on the school walls as part of the Alumni Series that
celebrates notable alumni.In 2013 Meenu co-directed a Pakistani film
Zinda Bhaag, under the film production company Matteela Films. Meenu
got immense praise from Pakistani film directors and critics for
putting forward Pakistani cinema into limelight again. Zinda Bhaag
became one of the highest-grossing of Pakistan and has won many
accolades and recognition including an official selection for Best
Foreign Language Film at 86th Academy Awards however was out of the
competition for the final race. Zinda Bhaag was only the third
Pakistani film in 50 years to be submitted at the Oscars, after 1959's
The Day Shall Dawn and 1963's The Veil.
She is best known for her 2013 Pakistani film Zinda Bhaag which she
co-wrote and co-directed with Farjab Nabi. The film was an entry to
the foreign film category at the Oscars.Zinda Bhaag earned her
critical acclaim worldwide and was theatrically released in USA, UAE
and Pakistan. It was subsequently released on Netflix in 2015. She is
presently working on a feature film titled 'Barzakh:Between Heaven and
Hell' supported by the Locarno International Film Festival's Open
Doors Hub Programme. She has also been part of Berlinale Talents and
the NIPKOW film residency in Berlin, supported by Berlinale and
Medienboard. Recently, SOAS, University of London installed her
portrait on the school walls as part of the Alumni Series that
celebrates notable alumni.In 2013 Meenu co-directed a Pakistani film
Zinda Bhaag, under the film production company Matteela Films. Meenu
got immense praise from Pakistani film directors and critics for
putting forward Pakistani cinema into limelight again. Zinda Bhaag
became one of the highest-grossing of Pakistan and has won many
accolades and recognition including an official selection for Best
Foreign Language Film at 86th Academy Awards however was out of the
competition for the final race. Zinda Bhaag was only the third
Pakistani film in 50 years to be submitted at the Oscars, after 1959's
The Day Shall Dawn and 1963's The Veil.
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