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Mazhar Zaidi | |
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| Born | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Education | MS in Journalism |
| Occupation(s) | filmmaker, animation, artist, Communications Specialist, Digital content, Producer, director, columnist and journalist |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Notable work | Zinda Bhaag Jeewan Hathi Gardaab |
| Spouse | Meenu Gaur |
Mazhar Zaidi (Urdu: مظہر زیدی) is a British Pakistani film producer, artist, journalist, columnist and documentary director. He has produced several issue based documentaries and campaigns. He has developed, managed and delivered large international projects on CVE and produced digital campaigns on rights based issues for leading international non-governmental organisations including UKAid, IRC, CWS, creative Associates and Asia Foundation. He is best known for producing the 2013 Pakistani film Zinda Bhaag, which earned him international recognition and accolades and became the country's first entry to Academy Awards after a gap of over 50 years. The film also won many international awards. One of his films Gardaab which was set in extremist violence prone neighbourhoods of Karachi, screened at London Indian Film Festival in June 2017 and Jeewan Hathi was screened at Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland in August 2017. He along with his partners Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi also recently curated an art exhibition titled Art SabKa focussing on contemporary art inspired by Pakistani Cinema.