Satyajit Ray is one of the greatest directors in the Indian film.He was drawn into
independent filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker
Jean Renoir and viewing the
Italian neorealist film
Bicycle Thieves during a visit to London.He directed thirty-seven films, including feature films,
documentaries and
shorts. He was also a fiction writer, publisher, illustrator, graphic designer and
film critic. His first film,
Pather Panchali (1955), won eleven international prizes, including
Best Human Documentary at the
Cannes film festival. Alongside
Aparajito (1956) and
Apur Sansar (1959), the three films form
The Apu Trilogy.He did the
scripting, casting,
scoring,
cinematography,
art direction, editing and designed his own credit titles and publicity material. He 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 1991.
here is a documentary on him-
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The hollywood director Martin Scorsese is one of his great admirer.
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