Bilal Lashari is a Pakistani film director and cinematographer. He is a graduate of the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, USA, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Motion Pictures and Television in 2008. Lashari started his career with music videos for famous Pakistani artists and bands and won multiple awards for his work. Lashari also briefly worked as assistant director for Shoaib Mansoor during pre-production of Khuda Kay Liye in 2004. His debut film 'WAAR' is the highest grossing film in the history of Pakistani Cinema and was IMDB's highest ranked film of 2013 worldwide.