Anwar Kamal Pasha (Urdu: انور کمال پاشا), (23 February 1925 – 13 October 1987) was a pioneer of the Pakistan film industry and an early Pakistani film director and producer from Lahore.

Pasha was a graduate from the Forman Christian College, Lahore, and went on to earn two Master of Arts degrees at the University of the Punjab. He generally scripted, produced and directed his own films, which dealt with such social themes as poverty, love, social strata, suicide, moral decay and death.

Pasha trained and introduced many new faces to the Pakistan film industry who later made a name for themselves, including film directors M. S. Dar, M. Akram, Altaf Hussain (film director), music directors Master Inayat Hussain and later Inayat's younger brother Master Abdullah. He also introduced Pakistani film actors Aslam Pervaiz, Sabiha Khanum, Musarrat Nazir, Nayyar Sultana, Bahar Begum and Rani. In addition, he introduced film playback singers Kausar Parveen, Saleem Raza and film songs lyricist Hazin Qadri.

Among the notable Pakistani film directors, who had the opportunity to train with him and later became commercially successful themselves, were Hassan Tariq, S. Suleman, Khalil Qaiser, Agha Hussaini, Altaf Hussain and M. Akram.

He was the son of poet and scholar Hakim Ahmad Shuja and the husband of film actress Shamim Bano with whom he had five children, three sons and two daughters.

Anwar Kamal Pasha died on 13 October 1987 at age 62 but left behind a legacy as one of the pioneer producers-directors of Pakistani cinema.