Filmmaker, Storyteller and Content Consultant
Bangladesh
- Current
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- First Assistant Director at Era Movie Factory
- Creative Content Consultant at Zicology
- Past
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- Team Coordinator at Rupantor Cinema Project Team
- Coordinator at Future Shorts Bangladesh
- Feature Writer at ICE Media Limited
- Web Developer at BDCOM Online Limited
- Education
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- Dhaka Bishwabidyalaya
- Connections
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15
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- Industry
- Motion Pictures and Film
- Websites
Ishtiaque Zico’s Summary
Independent filmmaker with a direct experience in assistant directing, visual narrative editing and production coordination in a wide variety of projects.
Substantially involved in web development, conceptual photography, digital content design and effective online collaboration.
Particularly interested in collaborative screenwriting, digital storytelling experiment within constraints and creative content consultancy.
Ishtiaque Zico’s Specialties:
Quick learning, understanding visual pattern, mind mapping, idea generating, screenplay analysis, content design, media project management, conceptual photography, writing in plain language, online research
Ishtiaque Zico’s Experience
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First Assistant Director
Era Movie Factory
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
September 2008 — Present (11 months)
Era Movie factory is a film production company currently producing a 35mm full length feature film "Meherjaan". It's a multilingual cinema project with international crew and cast.
As a member of core team, responsibilities cover from key problem-solving to production coordination. -
Creative Content Consultant
Zicology
(Online Media industry)
August 2003 — Present (6 years)
Zicology serves consultancy solution for digital content design, screen media startups, microcinema production, online branding and in between.
Zicobaji, the blog identity of Zicology, aggregates Ishtiaque Zico's organic ideas and innovative storytelling technique targeting young netizen. -
Team Coordinator
Rupantor Cinema Project Team
(Media Production industry)
February 2008 — September 2008 (8 months)
Focus: Micro-budget media production using digital technology, experiment in storytelling within limitation for effective audiovisual communication, strategy development on independent microcinema marketing.
Blog: http://rupantor.blogspot.com/
Demo video works by team members:
http://www.youtube.com/user/iazico -
Coordinator
Future Shorts Bangladesh
(Events Services industry)
2006 — 2007 (1 year)
Planned for screening of international short films in local venues to inspire regional filmmakers.
Future Shorts Bangladesh (FSB) is a part of Future Shorts, a worldwide short film distribution circuit and DVD label. -
Feature Writer
ICE Media Limited
(Printing industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year)
Actively Involved in content design for infotainment and lifestyle magazine. Wrote on contemporary technical/technological topics in plain language. Covered art and cultural events including film festivals in Bangladesh.
ICE Media Limited is a magazine/journal publishing house of Bengal Centre focused on arts, literature and lifestyle. -
Web Developer
BDCOM Online Limited
(Internet industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year)
Designed client-driven dynamic web sites, developed web content, including markup writing, client-side scripting & in-house graphic manipulation.
Ishtiaque Zico’s Education
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Dhaka Bishwabidyalaya
B.Sc. (Hons.) , Mathematics , 2005
Dissertation titled “Mathematical Approach to Scattering and Inverse Scattering Problem using NoDE”.
Additional Information
Ishtiaque Zico’s Websites:
Ishtiaque Zico’s Interests:
Bangla localization, web content usability, alternative media studies, technical workshop, editing, online productivity, social media venture, branding and identity, popular science, storytelling techniques, collaborative screenwriting, reading nonfiction, world music, percussion instruments, solitude, zen lifestyle
Ishtiaque Zico’s Honors:
1st Prize, "Computer Programmed Automatic System", National Science and Technology Fair, 1997
2nd Prize, 20th National Science and Technology Week, 1996-1997
Ishtiaque Zico’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
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