Asad Faruqi
Cinematographer
Documentary photographer and a filmmaker from Karachi, Pakistan. Asad Faruqi has a degree in BS Media Sciences with concentration in film and video from SZABIST, Karachi. He was an assistant producer and additional camera for an Emmy award winning documentary, Pakistan's Taliban Generation.
He has been worked as a documentary cameraman and a photographer for various broadcasters such as Channel 4 (UK), HBO, PBS, CBC and others.
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