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Bilal Sohail Qureshi is a Pakistani independent documentary film maker and a writer. His most notable work is the short documentary Cornered Tiger: The other side of Pakistan. He was interviewed by Lakeland Public Television twice for his documentaries.

Early life & Education
Qureshi was born in Karachi, Pakistan and moved to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in his early age, where his father works for the oil company Saudi Aramco. Qureshi is a graduate of the Bemidji State University in Minnesota, USA where he earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Mass Communication. He also joined New York Film Academy to learned film making and acting for a year.

Career
Qureshi short documentary Cornered tiger: the other side of Pakistan goes viral within days after he uploaded on Facebook. The documentary was downloaded and uploaded on several different Facebook pages. Many of the Pakistan’s biggest entrepreneur like Rehan Allawala and Ashraf Choudhary uploaded the documentary on their Facebook pages. The documentary received over million views and shared by thousands of people.

Other works
Qureshi recently finished his first featured-length documentary Atrocities- killing in the of Religion. He has also directed the short movie Loaded.

External link
Bilal Sohail Qureshi Website