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Film Director in Bangladesh
Film direction is picture: shots, performance, and the cut. It is not fixer work. Azizul Hoque Shiplu's direction fees typically BDT 1,50,000–6,00,000 depending on days and whether broadcast is involved. Diploma, Zahir Raihan Film Institute; advertising films since the Ogilvy years.
Open TVC, OVC, documentary or corporate pages when the product is specific. Open this page when you already have a producer and need a director.
What the director's chair actually covers
Pre-production first: script or brief interrogation, shot list, casting input, and a visual reference deck the client signs off before a single day is booked. On set, one person owns the call — performance direction, camera, and the decision when the plan and the weather disagree. Post starts with cut notes, not a finished edit handed back cold; picture lock only happens once those notes are addressed. A director who also holds Executive Producer or Film Fixer responsibilities on the same job keeps those budgets and decision rights named separately, even when one person is doing both.
Direction work behind this page
- Ring Chips — an OVC built to work as a standalone film and as a source for trade-level and user-generated cutdowns, directed as one shoot to serve both.
- Pran Potatos — a jingle-led, fantasy-style TVC directed for a brand-new product line entering a segment already dominated by international players.
- Bashundhara Cement's Padma Bridge film — direction built to hold up as product proof, not just a celebratory tie-in, in a communications field crowded with brands claiming the same occasion.
Training behind the chair
A Diploma in Film Making from Zahir Raihan Film Institute (2021–2022), taken after years of commercial direction rather than before — formal screenplay, production design and post-production craft layered onto advertising experience running back to the Ogilvy years, not a substitute for it.
What this is not
Not a producer's job — budget, schedule and vendor management sit with Executive Producer, a different page. Not a fixer's job — locations, permits and crew logistics sit with Film Fixer. This page is picture and performance, nothing wider unless the brief explicitly scopes it wider.
Indicative cost range
| Engagement | Indicative range | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Day of direction | BDT 55,000–95,000 | On set, his call |
| Project direction | BDT 1,50,000–6,00,000 | Prep + days + cut notes |
Indicative professional fees for work Azizul Hoque Shiplu leads himself, in Bangladesh, 2026. VAT, talent, kit hire, media, location fees, travel and ministry permits are extra and billed at cost. A written quote follows a brief with dates, cities and outcome. WhatsApp +880 1810-152555.