Satyajit Ray
Directing
🎂 1921-05-02
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.
Cast credits(12)
Production (9)
Writing (87)
Screenplay
1955
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1956
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1959
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1958
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1964
Screenplay
1977
Novel
1974
Writer
1974
Writer
1969
Screenplay
1960
Screenplay
1963
Screenplay
1991
Story
1991
Writer
1966
Screenplay
1965
Writer
1980
Screenplay
1970
Screenplay
1961
Screenplay
1979
Novel
1979
Author
2022
Screenplay
1962
Screenplay
1981
Screenplay
1976
Screenplay
1971
Story
1990
Screenplay
1990
Screenplay
1958
Novel
2024
Original Story
1996
Novel
2011
Screenplay
1985
Author
2022
Screenplay
1965
Novel
2007
Writer
2022
Writer
1961
Story
1999
Screenplay
1961
Screenplay
1970
Story
1996
Screenplay
1990
Writer
1992
Writer
1996
Writer
2003
Writer
1971
Novel
2008
Writer
1981
Story
1962
Screenplay
1962
Author
2000
Original Story
1999
Story
2012
Screenplay
1983
Original Story
1983
Original Story
2023
Novel
2010
Screenplay
1987
Writer
2021
Story
2021
Writer
1972
Screenplay
Writer
Story
2021
Original Story
2021
Dialogue
1977
Screenplay
1973
Screenplay
1967
Novel
2014
Writer
1965
Novel
2024
Original Story
1996
Story
2014
Original Story
1998
Writer
2015
Original Story
1996
Screenplay
1970
Writer
1994
Novel
2016
Story
1992
Writer
Screenplay
Novel
2017
Original Story
1999
Original Story
1999
Screenplay
1976
Story
2020
Directing (40)
Director
1955
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1956
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1959
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1958
Director
1964
Assistant Director
1951
Director
1977
Director
1974
Director
1969
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1960
Director
1963
Director
1991
Director
1966
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1973
Director
1965
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1980
Director
1970
Director
1961
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1979
Director
1962
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1981
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1976
Director
1971
Director
1967
Director
1990
Director
1958
Director
1965
Director
1985
Director
1965
Director
1961
Director
1961
Director
1970
Director
1990
Director
1971
Director
1981
Director
1962
Director
1987
Director
1976
Director
Director
1972
Crew (2)
Sound (44)
Original Music Composer
1964
Original Music Composer
1969
Original Music Composer
1963
Original Music Composer
1991
Original Music Composer
1966
Original Music Composer
1965
Original Music Composer
1981
Original Music Composer
1990
Original Music Composer
1958
Original Music Composer
1965
Music
1996
Original Music Composer
1985
Original Music Composer
1961
Original Music Composer
1970
Original Music Composer
1990
Original Music Composer
1992
Original Music Composer
1996
Original Music Composer
1970
Music
1999
Music
2016
Original Music Composer
1962
Music
1983
Original Music Composer
1987
Original Music Composer
1977
Original Music Composer
1974
Original Music Composer
1973
Original Music Composer
1965
Original Music Composer
1980
Original Music Composer
1970
Original Music Composer
1961
Original Music Composer
1979
Original Music Composer
1962
Original Music Composer
1976
Original Music Composer
1971
Original Music Composer
1967
Music
1996
Original Music Composer
1965
Music
1998
Music
1996
Original Music Composer
1999
Original Music Composer
1971
Music
Music
1999
Original Music Composer
1999
