Usman Riaz
- Composer
- Animation Department
- Director
Usman Riaz is a film director, animator, and composer born in Pakistan who directed "The Glassworker (2024)". He has been married to Mariam Riaz Paracha since July 2016. At 21, he was selected as a TED Fellow in 2012, speaking and performing at TED Global 2012. He was chosen as a TED Senior Fellow in 2013 and has spoken at TED and TEDx Conferences in Japan, India, Malaysia, Costa Rica, Turkey, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Usman received a full scholarship to study Composition at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, United States. Before that, he studied Graphic Design at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture in Karachi.