Satyajit Ray

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Satyajit Ray

Born 1921-05-02 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India] 12 films

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) du…

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Filmography

12 films
The Tree poster

Filmmaker Catherine Berge profiles the prolific career of East Indian actor Soumitra Chatterjee.

The Tree

★ 9.0 1998

Satyajit Ray poster

Documentary on director Satyajit Ray, featuring an extensive interview and clips from his films, an…

Satyajit Ray

★ 6.8 1985

Indian Talkie poster

Drawing the history of the Indian talkie, starting with Alam Ara in 1931, this documentary short pr…

Indian Talkie

★ 0.0 1981

The Inner Eye poster

At the age of 54, Binode Bihari Mukherjee, an accomplished painter, lost his sight following an uns…

The Inner Eye

★ 6.0 1972

Sikkim poster

Satyajit Ray's poetic documentary was commissioned by the Chogyal (King) of Sikkim at a time when h…

Sikkim

★ 6.7 1971