Maheen Zia is a Pakistani film director and film editor.

Education

She has a degree in Radio/TV Production from Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, United States and teaches at the Department of Visual Studies at the University of Karachi.

Career

She has worked as an editor at a production house and made documentaries and short films on social issues and is one of the founder members and is on the organizing board of Pakistan's young, international film festival – The KaraFilm Festival (Karachi Film Festival). She has served as Jury for International Film Festivals like Tehran International Short Film Festival 2005, Tehran, Iran, November 2005, Tampere Film Festival 2006, Tampere, Finland, March 2006, and Hyderabad International Film Festival 2007, Hyderabad, AP, India. The berlinale lists her in their talent data base. She is also actively involved with PAWS Pakistan Animal Welfare Society Maheen Zia, is the winner of India EU Film Initiative – Berlin Today Award 08 for the film 'Match Factor' Maheen Zia worked as Juror for Afghanistan Competition of 2nd Kabul Documentary & Short Film Festival and also won the third prize of this festival for her documentary work 'The Women of Lahore' in the international competition section Maheen Zia won the BERLIN TODAY AWARD 2008 for her short film Match Factor.

Filmography