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Satyajit Ray
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Composer, Actor, Additional Credits
Died April 23, 1992 (70 years)
Satyajit Ray (2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an 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.
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2024 | Feludar Goyendagiri: Bhushawrgo Bhoyonkawr · as Novel |
| 2024 | Nayan Rahasya · as Novel |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Feludar Goyendagiri (TV Series) · as Novel |
| 2017 | Anukul · as Novel |
| 2016 | Double Feluda · as Novel |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Badshahi Angti · as Novel |
| 2011 | Royal Bengal Rahasya · as Novel |
| 2010 | Gorosthane Sabdhan · as Novel |
| 2008 | Tintorettor Jishu · as Novel |
| 2007 | Kailashey Kelenkari · as Novel |
| 2003 | |
| 1996 | |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | The Stranger · as Screenplay |
| 1989 | An Enemy of the People · as Screenplay |
| 1984 | The Home and the World · as Screenplay |
| 1983 | Phatik Chand · as Screenplay |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | Deliverance · as Screenplay |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | |
| 1979 | Joi Baba Felunath: The Elephant God · as Novel |
| 1977 | The Chess Players · as Screenplay |
| 1975 | The Middleman · as Screenplay |
| 1974 | Sonar Kella · as Novel |
| 1973 | Distant Thunder · as Screenplay |
| 1971 | Company Limited · as Screenplay |
| 1970 | The Adversary · as Screenplay |
| 1970 | Days and Nights in the Forest · as Screenplay |
| 1970 | Baksa Badal · as Screenplay |
| 1969 | |
| 1967 | The Zoo · as Screenplay |
| 1966 | |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | The Coward · as Screenplay |
| 1965 | The Holy Man · as Screenplay |
| 1964 | Charulata · as Screenplay |
| 1963 | The Big City · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | The Expedition · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | Kanchenjungha · as Screenplay |
| 1961 | Three Daughters · as Screenplay |
| 1961 | Rabindranath Tagore · as Screenplay |
| 1960 | The Goddess · as Screenplay |
| 1959 | The World of Apu · as Screenplay |
| 1958 | The Music Room · as Screenplay |
| 1958 | The Philosopher's Stone · as Screenplay |
| 1956 | |
| 1955 | Pather Panchali · as Screenplay |
| 1951 |