Shahzad Nawaz | |
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Born |
Shahzad Nawaz Khan Karachi, Pakistan |
Residence | Lahore |
Occupation | filmmaker, actor, singer and graphic designer. |
Musical career | |
Genres | Rock, classical |
Instruments | Vocals |
Associated acts | Strings, Coke Studio, Javed Bashir, Masooma Anwar |
Shahzad Nawaz is a Pakistani filmmaker, actor, singer, advertiser and graphic designer. Started his career as an advisor to many news agencies and media publications such as Geo TV, PTV, ARY, Dunya News and Jang Group of Newspapers, he served as a CEO of Nai Baat Media Network for a year. He also worked as a graphic designer for a number organization's designing their logos including Pakistan Television Corporation.
In 2003 and 2005 he directed and acted in two film Daira and Botal Gali, based on an adaptations of Mohsin Hamid book Moth Smoke, and acted in Geo's hit drama series Ana (2004). Nawaz claim to fame came with the film Chambaili that he wrote and produced. It was the first political film of country, earning him critical appraisal and a nomination ARY Film Award for Best Film as producer. In 2016, he marked his Coke Studio debut as a featured artist in season 9.
Shahzad was born as Shahzad Nawaz Khan in Karachi. He attended Cantt. Public School, Karachi and attended Government College of Commerce & Economics. Nawaz holds two bachelor's degrees a Commerce and Business degree from University of Karachi and from Memphis College of Art in BFA with minors, Design and Advertising in 1995.
Started his career as an advisor, Nawaz ventures into many motivational programs, giving speeches at different educational seminars, programs and universities. He significantly associated with news and media industry for over a decade as an advisor to dozens media & news agencies across the country. In 2014, he briefly served as a CEO of Nai Baat Media Network. During his advisor tenure he also designed number of TV networks and organizations logos and helped them build a strong market relation including, DUNYA , GEO, ARY, and Nai Baat Media Network.