Naseemullah Rashid

''''''Name Naseemullah Rashid

               Designer, Video Producer, Creative Visualiser

E-mail nurmalik@gmail.com

              Designer, Video Producer, Creative Visualiser

         Director                     Media Center & Creative works, Lok Virsa,
                                                   Institute of Folk Heritage Islamabad 

SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS'''

- Chief designer of all Pakistan exhibition marking the anniversary celebrations of Hazrat Amir Khausro 1976

- Designed all Pakistan photographic exhibition “Folk Life of Pakistan” marking the International Women Year 1975

- Worked for the Quaid-e-Azam birth anniversary celebrations 1978

- Chief designer of “Heritage of Islam” exhibition marking the Hijra celebrations 1979

- Worked over 8 years as Graphic designer for Lok Virsa art products including posters, seasonal cards, cassette jackets, book titles and illustrations for the publications and murals

- Supervised and established the Lok Virsa Media studios 1985

- Organized all Pakistan first Folk Music Festival at Lok Virsa 1987

- Organized first National Video Festival in which renowned video producers participated with their films 1992

- Organized first Cultural Parade during International Festival 94. President of Pakistan took the Salami at Constitution Avenue Islamabad.

- Generated considerable revenue for Lok Virsa from my productions

- Traveled through out Pakistan in connection with visual documentation of folk life of Pakistan

- As the head of the Creative Committee of the National Museum of Ethnology, I was the team leader of a group of artists, designers and social scientists, who worked day and night to create the cultural dioramas and layout of the first-ever museum of this kind in Pakistan. President of Pakistan inaugurated the museum on 14th August 2004

PRODUCTIONS'''

- Assistant Producer of 16mm documentary “Hunza The Legendary Land”

- Co-producer of full-length television drama/feature video “The Last Song” filmed on location in the desert of Tharparkar with outstanding national artists.

- Producer of:

- Six short documentaries on the life of folk artists

   -   40-minute documentary “Artisans-at-Work”
   -   120-minute video “Folk Music Contest”

- A well-known series entitled “Great Musicians of Our Times”. More than 50 productions have been produced under this series

   -   40-minute documentary on “Music of Chitral”

- Full-length television drama/feature video “Roohi Dhoop Jali” filmed on location in the desert of Cholistan

   -   “Sufi Traditions” with special effects
   -   “Crossroads of Asia” cultural documentary
   -   Artistic documentary on “Moenjodaro”
   -   “Treatment with Dance”
   -   “Silk Route Festival” 7 episodes
   -   “Lahore Lahore Aye” 13 episodes on city of Lahore

- Most of the above productions have been marketed for cultural dissemination over television networks in Pakistan and available on video shops in major cities of Pakistan