Shabnam Ferdousi, a Bangladeshi filmmaker and film activist, has been working in different sectors of audio-visual media for the last 28 years. She made about 40 documentary films. She has done many feature shows, infotainment programs, talk shows for various television channels and organizations. She worked as an Executive Producer of more than 100 documentary films for Ekattor Television, ATN News and Jamuna Television. She is also known as a news presenter and TV show presenter. Now she has been working as the Head of Program at Ekattor Television for the last 12 years.
She achieved 10 film awards along with the National Film Award in 2016 for her documentary film “Born Together”. She also got the prestigious FIPRESCI award for her debut fiction “Song of the Soul” in 2022.
She is one of the major activists and filmmakers in the New Wave Documentary Film movement in Bangladesh. She organized four national film festivals, seminars, and filmmaking workshops as the convener of the Bangladesh Documentary Council. She also launched the television documentary genre in Bangladesh.
