Wafi Sattar

Wafi Aziz Sattar (ওয়াফি আযিয সাওার) (born December 1, 1985) is a Bangladeshi-American film director, actor, and producer.

Born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sattar started his acting career at the age of 3 starring in various television commercials until the age of 9. He then again returned to the screen after a 17 year hiatus yet again acting in television commercials in Bangladesh.

Sattar's first directorial work was for the short-film "GUILT" in 2009 that he wrote while still a student of Media and Film at Kean University under the guidance of his mentors with Hollywood experience Louisa Burns-Bisogno and Claudette M. Charles Barr.

Early life
Sattar was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His father was a pioneering advertising executive all his life who is now considered an advertising guru in Bangladesh, and his mother Zakia Sattar was always a school teacher. He has one older sibling Ilaf Sattar. The family moved to the United States in 2001 and then permanently settled there by 2004.

Sattar graduated from Lebanon High School in Lebanon Missouri and then went onto study Marketing at Kean University in New Jersey. While there he had a change of heart and went into Graphic Communications Technology. Having taken a few photography courses as a part of the curriculum, Sattar developed a passion for photography but always felt that something was missing. Not yet satisfied with his creative outpouring, Sattar decided to declare Media and Film as his minor.

Under the guidance of Screen Writers Guild member and judge Louisa Burns-Bisogno, and Claudette M. Charles Barr.