Satyajit Ray

Known for DirectingBorn 1921-05-02Died 1992-04-23Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Ray: Life and Work of Satyajit Ray

Spécial cinéma

The Tree

Anukul

Bosepukure Khunkharapi

Goopy Bagha Feere Elo

Double Feluda

Jato Kando Kathmandute

The Kingdom of Diamonds

Dr. Munshir Diary

Jigarthanda DoubleX

The World of Apu

The Hero

The Golden Fortress

Ahalya

Bombaiyer Bombete

The Storyteller

Jahangirer Swarnamudra

The Stranger

The Big City

Badshahi Angti

Aparajito

Pather Panchali

Two

Kailashey Kelenkari

Gosainpur Sargaram

Sheyal Debota Rahasya

Kanchenjungha

Three Daughters

Royal Bengal Rahasya

Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne

Baksho Rahashya

The Expedition

Charulata

The Home and the World

The Music Room

Devi

An Enemy of the People

Bala

Tintorettor Jishu

The Branches of the Tree

The Elephant God

Ghurghutiar Ghotona

The Adversary

The Coward

The Middleman

The Music of Satyajit Ray

The Chess Players