Directing
Satyajit Ray
Bengali, Hindi, Tamil cinema · 77 credits
Born
2 May 1921
Died
23 April 1992 (aged 70)
Birthplace
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Also known as Manik · 사티야지트 레이 · 사트야지트 레이 · 쇼티아지트 레이 · সত্যজিৎ রায়
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Criminals of Kathmandu
Writer, Music, Screenplay
Master Anshuman
Original Story
Double Feluda
Music, Novel
Ahalya
Writer
Bombay Talkies
Short Story
रे: सत्यजीत रे का जीवन और कार्य
1999
Ray: Life and Work of Satyajit Ray
as Self (archive footage), Music
Golapi Mukta Rahasya
Story, Original Music Composer
Bipin Choudhurir Smritibhram
Original Story
Ambar Sen Antordhan Rahasyo
Original Story, Original Music Composer
Ghurghutiar Ghotona
Original Story, Music
Jahangirer Swarnamudra
Original Story, Music
Baksho Rahashya
Writer, Original Music Composer
Jato Kando Kathmandute
Music, Original Story
Sheyal Debota Rahasya
Original Story, Music
Bosepukure Khunkharapi
Music, Original Story
Uttoran
Writer
Goopy Bagha Feere Elo
Writer, Original Music Composer, Characters
The Stranger
Producer, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Director, Original Story
An Enemy of the People
Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay
The Branches of the Tree
Director, Story, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
Sukumar Ray
Screenplay, Director, Original Music Composer
The Home and the World
Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay
Phatik Chand
1983
Phatik Chand
Screenplay, Music, Original Story
Sadgati
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
Pikoo
Director, Writer
The Kingdom of Diamonds
Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
The Elephant God
Director, Screenplay, Novel, Original Music Composer
The Chess Players
Director, Screenplay, Dialogue, Original Music Composer
The Middleman
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
Bala
Director, Screenplay
The Golden Fortress
Director, Novel, Writer, Original Music Composer
Distant Thunder
Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay
The Inner Eye
as Narrator (voice), Writer, Director
Company Limited
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
Days and Nights in the Forest
Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay
The Adversary
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
Baksa Badal
Original Music Composer, Screenplay
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
The Zoo
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
The Hero
Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
The Coward
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
The Holy Man
Screenplay, Director, Original Music Composer
Charulata
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
The Big City
Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay
The Expedition
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
Kanchenjungha
Director, Original Music Composer, Producer, Story, Screenplay
Three Daughters
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
The Lost Jewels
Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Producer
Devi
Director, Screenplay, Producer
The World of Apu
Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Music Room
Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Philosopher's Stone
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
Aparajito
Producer, Screenplay, Director
Pather Panchali
Producer, Screenplay, Director