Zeeshan Jawed Shah

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Birth 31 may 1979 (45 years) at Khobar

Zeeshan Jawed Shah (also known as Zeeshan J. Shah) (born 31 May 1979) is a Pakistani filmmaker based in Bahrain. Zeeshan teaches filmmaking, animation and visual effects courses in University College of Bahrain, previously Zeeshan had taught Fine Arts in New York Institute of Technology Bahrain Campus for more than seven years. Zeeshan is also considered as the pioneer of students film project in Bahrain and first one to do commercial feature-length films as student projects in Bahrain.

Zeeshan was born in Saudi Arabia and came to Bahrain in 2006 to New York Institute of Technology Bahrain Campus, he mainly taught computer graphics and animation courses in the beginning and then he included Art History, Drawing, and Photography in his teaching list. Gradually he started to work on film projects with NYIT students in Bahrain and released three commercial films so far in Bahrain, and currently working on first International full-fledged Bahraini horror comedy. Apart from feature-length films, on 5 May 2013 Zeeshan showcased his UCB Students video projects in Bahrain in 2013, Saar Cinema. and in 2014 along with the first ever Multimedia Exhibition in Bahrain.

Biography

Zeeshan initially went to Dahran High School and then he was transferred to Pakistan International School, Al-Khobar in 1988. After finishing his high school in 1998, Zeeshan joined Iqra University in Karachi. He completed his Baccalaureate in Computer Science in 2002 and Masters in Computer Science with majors in Multimedia and Computer Graphics in 2003, he received scholarship for his Masters program. He also worked as a part-time as an in house graphic designer for Iqra University and taught continuing education and extended education programs.

Career
Soon after finishing his master's degree program, Zeeshan came to his birthplace Saudi Arabia in year 2003, where his father was still working in Siemens. Zeeshan joined a local Saudi company, where he started his career as an in house graphic designer. after two years Zeeshan moved to Riyadh and worked in an event organising company for only six months. In year 2006 Zeeshan came to Bahrain and joined New York Institute of Technology Bahrain Campus. In his first year in the university he taught basic three-dimensional design courses, 3D animation courses, web design courses, and motion graphics courses. And in year 2009 Zeeshan introduced a Film Making courses with the approval of NY head office. During his teaching history, Zeeshan participated in many local and international Arts Exhibitions, he participated in Al Aali Mall Art Exhibition 2012 and 2013 and #UniteBH and Phoenix Museum in US He also conducted Photography and Film Making workshop at Saudi Aramco in year 2011.

In the beginning of year 2012, NYIT Bahrain announced their campus relocation, after a year of this announcement Zeeshan switched his job from NYIT to University College of Bahrain.

Health
Zeeshan was diagnosed with kidney cancer in year 2014, determined to fight the deadly disease, he moved to the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation , a premier medical college in Pakistan for a specialised treatment on 22 July. There, he underwent a surgery in which his right kidney was removed. Now, cured of cancer, Zeeshan was also undergone a kidney transplant same year.

Awards
Zeeshan Also worked with international artists and exhibited photography exhibition for peace during the uprising in Bahrain, one of his photography series from the same exhibition won Creativity International Gold Award for best photography series.

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