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Satyajit Ray

Directing·May 2, 1921·Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]

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Satyajit Ray (2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was a Bengali Indian filmmaker, widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century. Ray was born in the city of Calcutta into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature. Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into independent filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing Vittorio De Sica's Italian neorealist film Bicycle Thieves (1948) during a visit to London. Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. He was also a fiction writer, publisher, illustrator, calligrapher, music composer, graphic designer and film critic. He authored several short stories and novels, primarily aimed at children and adolescents. Feluda, the sleuth, and Professor Shonku, the scientist in his science fiction stories, are popular fictional characters created by him. He was awarded an honorary degree by Oxford University. Ray's first film, Pather Panchali (1955), won eleven international prizes, including the inaugural Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. This film, along with Aparajito (1956), and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu) (1959) form The Apu Trilogy. Ray did the scripting, casting, scoring, and editing, and designed his own credit titles and publicity material. Ray received many major awards in his career, including 32 Indian National Film Awards, a number of awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies, and an Academy Honorary Award in 1992. The Government of India honored him with the Bharat Ratna in 1992.

Venice Film Festival1982
- Golden Lion
Venice Film Festival1957
- Golden Lion
  Aparajito
Berlinale1973
- Golden Bear
  Distant Thunder
Berlinale1965
- Silver Bear · Best Director
  Charulata
Berlinale1964
- Silver Bear · Best Director
  The Big City
BAFTA1959
- Best Film
  Aparajito
BAFTA1958
- Best Film
  Pather Panchali

Film	Credit
The Stranger1991 · Producer, Director, Screenplay	Producer, Director, Screenplay
The Branches of the Tree1990 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
An Enemy of the People1990 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Sukumar Ray1987 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Home and the World1985 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Pikoo1981 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Sadgati1981 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Kingdom of Diamonds1980 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Elephant God1979 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Chess Players1977 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Middleman1976 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Bala1976 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Golden Fortress1974 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Distant Thunder1973 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Inner Eye1972 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer	Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
Company Limited1971 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Sikkim1971 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer	Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
The Adversary1970 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Days and Nights in the Forest1970 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne1969 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Zoo1967 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Hero1966 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Two1965 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Coward1965 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Holy Man1965 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Charulata1964 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Big City1963 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Expedition1962 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Kanchenjungha1962 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Rabindranath Tagore1961 · Narrator (voice), Director, Screenplay	Narrator (voice), Director, Screenplay
Three Daughters1961 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Lost Jewels1961 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Devi1960 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
The World of Apu1959 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Music Room1958 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay
The Philosopher's Stone1958 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Aparajito1956 · Screenplay, Director, Producer	Screenplay, Director, Producer
Pather Panchali1955 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay