Altaf Mazid

Altaf Mazid Rija, known professionally as Altaf Mazid, was an Indian documentary filmmaker and critic in the Assamese cinema. He also worked as a film producer and director in Jollywood. His last documentary was Sabin Alun that revolves around Karbi people. He was later appointed as a jury of film festivals, including 10th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and the 9th Dubai International Film Festival among others.
He was born around 1957 in Guwahati, India. He served as an executive engineer in Assam at the Department of Public Health Engineering. He had one daughter. His wife, Dr Zabeen Ahmed, is the former Librarian of Cotton University, Assam.

Career

Before his debut in filmmaking career, he initially worked as a film critic in Assamese cinema. He also served as a jury of various film festivals such as 1992 International Film Festival of India, 1997 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, 7th Bengaluru International Film Festival and 2015 International Film Festival of Kerala. Later, he was appointed as a jury-member by the International Federation of Film Critics in 2014 at Moscow International Film Festival. Prior to this, he served jury of Cannes Film Festival. In 1999, he was appointed by the International Film Festival of India as a member of the selection committee.
He screened digital version of Joymoti, the first Assamese film and presented it at film festivals, including Seventh Asiatica Film Mediale at Rome Film Festival.

#	Title	Year	Type/Credited as
1	Byoktigata Aru Goponio	1992
2	Jibon	1998
3	Lakhtokiat Golam	2001
4	Our Common Future	2002
5	The Joy of Giving	2004
6	Las Vegasat	2004
7	Bhal Khabar	2005
8	Crazy on the Rocks	2007
9	Kunir Kutil Dosha	2008
10	Boliya Pitair Sohoki Sotal	2008
11	Chitra Sutram	2010
12	Rahashyar Bitchaku
13	Kunir Kutil Dosha		Director
14	Boliya Pitaier Sohoki Sootal	2009	Director
15	Sabin Alun	2016	Director