Satyajit Ray
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 2, 1921, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
- Died
- April 23, 1992
- Movies
- 59
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.
Upcoming Satyajit Ray Movies
The Criminals of Kathmandu
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2021 | Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective | Self (archival footage) |
| 1999 | Ray: Life and Work of Satyajit Ray | Self (archive footage) |
| 1998 | The Tree | Self (archive footage) |
| 1985 | Satyajit Ray | Self |
| 1984 | The Music of Satyajit Ray | Self |
| 1981 | Indian Talkie | Self |
| 1974 | Creative Artists of India: Satyajit Ray | Self |
| 1972 | The Inner Eye | Narrator (voice) |
| 1971 | Sikkim | Narrator (voice) |
| 1967 | The Creative Person: Satyajit Ray | Self |
| 1961 | Rabindranath Tagore | Narrator (voice) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2022 | Hatyapuri | Writer |
| 2021 | Class Friend | Writer |
| 2015 | Ahalya | Writer |
| 2003 | Bombaiyer Bombete | Writer |
| 1996 | Baksho Rahashya | Writer |
| 1994 | Uttoran | Writer |
| 1992 | Goopy Bagha Feere Elo | Writer |
| 1991 | The Stranger | Producer, Director, Screenplay |
| 1990 | The Branches of the Tree | Director, Screenplay |
| 1990 | An Enemy of the People | Director, Screenplay |
| 1987 | Sukumar Ray | Director, Screenplay |
| 1985 | The Home and the World | Director, Screenplay |
| 1983 | Phatik Chand | Screenplay |
| 1981 | Pikoo | Director, Writer |
| 1981 | Sadgati | Director, Screenplay |
| 1980 | The Kingdom of Diamonds | Director, Writer |
| 1979 | The Elephant God | Director, Screenplay |
| 1977 | The Chess Players | Director, Screenplay |
| 1976 | The Middleman | Director, Screenplay |
| 1976 | Bala | Director, Screenplay |
| 1974 | The Golden Fortress | Director, Writer |
| 1973 | Distant Thunder | Director, Screenplay |
| 1972 | The Inner Eye | Director, Writer |
| 1971 | Company Limited | Director, Screenplay |
| 1971 | Sikkim | Director, Writer |
| 1970 | The Adversary | Director, Screenplay |
| 1970 | Days and Nights in the Forest | Director, Screenplay |
| 1970 | Baksa Badal | Screenplay |
| 1969 | Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne | Writer, Director |
| 1967 | The Zoo | Director, Screenplay |
| 1966 | The Hero | Director, Writer |
| 1965 | Two | Director, Writer |
| 1965 | The Coward | Director, Screenplay |
| 1965 | The Holy Man | Screenplay, Director |
| 1964 | Charulata | Director, Screenplay |
| 1963 | The Big City | Director, Screenplay |
| 1962 | The Expedition | Director, Screenplay |
| 1962 | Kanchenjungha | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1961 | Rabindranath Tagore | Director, Screenplay |
| 1961 | Three Daughters | Director, Screenplay |
| 1961 | The Lost Jewels | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1960 | Devi | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1959 | The World of Apu | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1958 | The Music Room | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 1958 | The Philosopher's Stone | Director, Screenplay |
| 1956 | Aparajito | Screenplay, Director, Producer |
| 1955 | Pather Panchali | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
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