Rafiqul Bari Chowdhury (c. 1930 – 8 May 2005)[1] was a Bangladeshi cinematographer-turned-director.
He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Cinematography four times for the films Golapi Ekhon Traine (1978), Dui Poisar Alta (1982), Heera Mati (1988) and Joyjatra (2004).
[1] In 1964, he was the cinematographer of Ferdausi Rahman's musical program on BTV.
Fred Marshall, writing about Bangladeshi cinema for the International Film Guide, called it "the most successful film ... of the past couple of years".
[3] Chowdhury directed a short film, titled Bangla Ma-er Damal Chhele (1994), produced by Bangladesh Shishu Academy.