Tanvir Mokammel is the founder and director of Bangladesh Film Institute (BFI). He is a renowned Bangladeshi filmmaker and writer who has made eight fiction films and eighteen documentaries. He has also written twenty-eight books, including novels, articles, poems, and short stories. For his exceptional work in filmmaking, he has earned ten National Film Awards and has been honored with the ‘Ekushey Padak’, the second-highest civilian award in Bangladesh.