Ishtiaque Zico

Current

• Chief Assistant Director at Era Movie Factory
• Creative Consultant at Self-employed

Past

• Team Leader at Rupantor Cinema Project Team
• Country Coordinator at Future Shorts Bangladesh
• Feature Writer at ICE Media Limited

• Web Developer at BDCOM Online Limited

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Education

• Dhaka Bishwabidyalaya

Connections

15 connections

Industry

Motion Pictures and Film

Ishtiaque Zico’s Summary

I assist Young Entrepreneurs to achieve their creative business goal by
- Producing independent film
- Designing presentation and
- Copywriting for the web

My zen approach helps them to stay focused on Simplicity and Usability by
- Optimizing the constraints to maximize productivity
- Personalizing the workflow to meet budget deadline

From mistakes in my 8 years of professional engagement, I learned to value people rather than projects.

Ishtiaque Zico’s Specialties:

Experienced at creative project management, information visualization, conceptual photography and personal branding.

Skilled at online research, visual thinking, economic writing, web content design, zen productivity.

Ishtiaque Zico’s Experience

• Chief Assistant Director

  Era Movie Factory

  (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Era Movie factory is a film production company currently producing a 35mm full length feature film project "Meherjaan" with international crew and cast.
  
  As a member of core team, responsibilities cover from key problem-solving to production coordination.

• Creative Consultant

  Self-employed

  (Online Media industry)

  August 2003 — Present (6 years 4 months)

  Freelance consulting in web content management, digital video production, visual storytelling and online identity for
  - aspiring filmmaker
  - art/media/film student
  - small media startup owner

• Team Leader

  Rupantor Cinema Project Team

  (Media Production industry)

  February 2008 — September 2008 (8 months)

  Project focus: Micro-budget movie production using digital technology and new media, experiment in storytelling within limitation for effective audiovisual communication, strategy development on independent short film marketing.
  
  Demo output by team members:
  http://www.youtube.com/user/iazico
  http://rupantor.blogspot.com/

• Country 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

• Dhaka Bishwabidyalaya

  B.Sc. (Hons.) , Mathematics , 2005

  Dissertation titled “Mathematical Approach to Scattering and Inverse Scattering Problem using NoDE”.

Additional Information

Ishtiaque Zico’s Interests:

web content usability, typography, alternative media studies, technical workshop, digital video editing, storytelling techniques, collaborative screenwriting, reading nonfiction, meditative music, percussion instruments, minimalism

Ishtiaque Zico’s Groups:

Anushandhitshu Chokro Science Organization

•    Film Financing 101

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

Several local awards in extempore speech and quiz competition

Ishtiaque Zico’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch