Satyajit Ray
Directing
Born May 2, 1921 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
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.
Filmography
Captain Spark
The Criminals of Kathmandu
Feluda Pherot - Jawto Kando Kathmandute
Nayan Rahasya
Jigarthanda DoubleX
Master Anshuman
Puroskar - The Prize
Hatyapuri
The Storyteller
Feludar Goyendagiri: Darjeeling Jawmjawmaat
Class Friend
Ray
Chonchu
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
Self (archive footage)
The Machine
Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective
Self (archival footage)
Anukul
Double Feluda
Ahalya
Badshahi Angti
Chaar
Bombay Talkies
Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy
Royal Bengal Rahasya
Gorosthane Sabdhan
Tintorettor Jishu
Kailashey Kelenkari
Bombaiyer Bombete
Dr. Munshir Diary
Golapi Mukta Rahasya
Ambar Sen Antordhan Rahasyo
Ghurghutiar Ghotona
Bipin Choudhurir Smritibhram
Jahangirer Swarnamudra
Sheyal Debota Rahasya
Bosepukure Khunkharapi
Baksho Rahashya
Feluda 30
Jato Kando Kathmandute
Gosainpur Sargaram
Uttoran
Golokdham Rahasya
Goopy Bagha Feere Elo
The Stranger
The Branches of the Tree
An Enemy of the People
Sukumar Ray
Satyajit Ray
Self
The Home and the World
The Music of Satyajit Ray
Self
Pikoo
Indian Talkie
Self
Sadgati
The Kingdom of Diamonds
The Elephant God
The Chess Players
The Middleman
Bala
The Golden Fortress
Spécial cinéma
Self
Creative Artists of India: Satyajit Ray
Self
Distant Thunder
The Inner Eye
Narrator (voice)
Company Limited
Sikkim
Narrator (voice)
The Adversary
Days and Nights in the Forest
Baksa Badal
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
The Zoo
The Creative Person: Satyajit Ray
Self
The Hero
Shakespeare-Wallah
Two
The Coward
The Holy Man
Charulata
The Householder
The Big City
The Expedition
Kanchenjungha
Rabindranath Tagore
Narrator (voice)
Three Daughters
The Lost Jewels
Devi
The World of Apu
The Music Room
The Philosopher's Stone
Aparajito
Pather Panchali
The River