Dr. Hassan Zee is a medical doctor and writer/producer/director of four feature films, Night of Henna, Bicycle Bride, House of Temptation and Salam Pakistan. He was born in Chakwal, Pakistan. He lives in San Francisco USA.
Medical doctor/ filmmaker, Zee graduated from medical school at the age of 26. After only a year of practice he was appointed the Resident Physician at a Hospital Burn Unit in the Pakistan countryside. Dr. Zee soon found that many of his burn patients had tragically set fire to themselves to avoid punishment by hostile in-laws, a common practice for non-childbearing women or wives with low dowry. Per Zee, women would die in his ward everyday and that is what shifted his focus. He was determined to find a way to help these vulnerable women. Zee came to USA 12 years ago and started to persue his passion of filmmaking. Women Empowerment was Zee's inspiration for his film.Bicycle Bride, a comedy about arranged marriages in USA. It was released theatrically in 20 cities and now available on Amazon and Netflix through Pathfinder Pictures and got worldwide distribution through Cinema Arts Entertainment in France.
'When you see films in cinema, you see yourself on the big screen'. Hassan Zee
'Falling down is not a failure, refusing to get up is.'
'Nothing can stop me from making my films, my dreams.'
Dr. Hassan Zee is a medical doctor and writer/producer/director of four feature films, Night of Henna, Bicycle Bride, House of Temptation and Salam Pakistan. He was born in Chakwal, Pakistan. He lives in San Francisco USA.