Satyajit Ray
Directing
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
Directing39
movieThe Stranger
1991
Director
movieAn Enemy of the People
1990
Director
movieSukumar Ray
1987
Director
movieThe Home and the World
1985
Director
moviePikoo
1981
Director
movieSadgati
1981
Director
movieThe Kingdom of Diamonds
1980
Director
movieThe Elephant God
1979
Director
movieThe Chess Players
1977
Director
movieThe Middleman
1976
Director
movieBala
1976
Director
movieThe Golden Fortress
1974
Director
movieDistant Thunder
1973
Director
movieThe Inner Eye
1972
Director
movieCompany Limited
1971
Director
movieSikkim
1971
Director
movieThe Adversary
1970
Director
movieGoopy Gyne Bagha Byne
1969
Director
movieThe Zoo
1967
Director
movieThe Hero
1966
Director
movieTwo
1965
Director
movieThe Coward
1965
Director
movieThe Holy Man
1965
Director
movieCharulata
1964
Director
movieThe Big City
1963
Director
movieThe Expedition
1962
Director
movieKanchenjungha
1962
Director
movieRabindranath Tagore
1961
Director
movieThree Daughters
1961
Director
movieThe Lost Jewels
1961
Director
movieDevi
1960
Director
movieThe World of Apu
1959
Director
movieThe Music Room
1958
Director
movieThe Philosopher's Stone
1958
Director
movieAparajito
1956
Director
moviePather Panchali
1955
Director
movieThe River
1951
Assistant Director
Writing79
tvFeluda Pherot - Jawto Kando Kathmandute
2025
Original Story
movieMaster Anshuman
2023
Original Story
movieHatyapuri
2022
Writer
movieThe Storyteller
2022
Author
movieClass Friend
2021
Writer
tvRay
2021
Story, Original Story
movieChonchu
2021
Story
movieThe Machine
2020
Story
movieAnukul
2017
Novel
movieAhalya
2015
Writer
movieChaar
2014
Story
movieBombay Talkies
2013
Short Story
movieAmbar Sen Antordhan Rahasyo
1999
Original Story
movieGhurghutiar Ghotona
1999
Original Story
movieBipin Choudhurir Smritibhram
1999
Original Story
movieJahangirer Swarnamudra
1998
Original Story
movieSheyal Debota Rahasya
1996
Original Story
movieBosepukure Khunkharapi
1996
Original Story
movieBaksho Rahashya
1996
Writer
tvFeluda 30
1996
Story
movieJato Kando Kathmandute
1996
Original Story
movieUttoran
1994
Writer
movieGoopy Bagha Feere Elo
1992
Writer, Characters
movieThe Stranger
1991
Screenplay, Original Story
movieThe Branches of the Tree
1990
Story, Screenplay
movieAn Enemy of the People
1990
Screenplay
movieSukumar Ray
1987
Screenplay
movieThe Home and the World
1985
Screenplay
Phatik Chand
1983
Screenplay, Original Story
moviePikoo
1981
Writer
movieSadgati
1981
Screenplay
movieThe Elephant God
1979
Screenplay, Novel
movieThe Chess Players
1977
Screenplay, Dialogue
movieThe Middleman
1976
Screenplay
movieBala
1976
Screenplay
movieThe Golden Fortress
1974
Novel, Writer
movieDistant Thunder
1973
Screenplay
movieThe Inner Eye
1972
Writer
movieCompany Limited
1971
Screenplay
movieSikkim
1971
Writer
movieThe Adversary
1970
Screenplay
movieDays and Nights in the Forest
1970
Screenplay
movieBaksa Badal
1970
Screenplay
movieThe Zoo
1967
Screenplay
movieThe Hero
1966
Writer
movieTwo
1965
Writer
movieThe Coward
1965
Screenplay
movieThe Holy Man
1965
Screenplay
movieCharulata
1964
Screenplay
movieThe Big City
1963
Screenplay
movieThe Expedition
1962
Screenplay
movieKanchenjungha
1962
Story, Screenplay
movieRabindranath Tagore
1961
Screenplay
movieThree Daughters
1961
Screenplay
movieThe Lost Jewels
1961
Writer
movieDevi
1960
Screenplay
movieThe World of Apu
1959
Screenplay
movieThe Music Room
1958
Screenplay
movieThe Philosopher's Stone
1958
Screenplay
movieAparajito
1956
Screenplay
moviePather Panchali
1955
Screenplay
movieThe Criminals of Kathmandu
Writer, Screenplay
Sound44
movieGolapi Mukta Rahasya
1999
Original Music Composer
movieAmbar Sen Antordhan Rahasyo
1999
Original Music Composer
movieBaksho Rahashya
1996
Original Music Composer
movieGoopy Bagha Feere Elo
1992
Original Music Composer
movieThe Stranger
1991
Original Music Composer
movieThe Branches of the Tree
1990
Original Music Composer
movieAn Enemy of the People
1990
Original Music Composer
movieSukumar Ray
1987
Original Music Composer
movieThe Home and the World
1985
Original Music Composer
movieSadgati
1981
Original Music Composer
movieThe Kingdom of Diamonds
1980
Original Music Composer
movieThe Elephant God
1979
Original Music Composer
movieThe Chess Players
1977
Original Music Composer
movieThe Middleman
1976
Original Music Composer
movieThe Golden Fortress
1974
Original Music Composer
movieDistant Thunder
1973
Original Music Composer
movieCompany Limited
1971
Original Music Composer
movieSikkim
1971
Original Music Composer
movieThe Adversary
1970
Original Music Composer
movieDays and Nights in the Forest
1970
Original Music Composer
movieBaksa Badal
1970
Original Music Composer
movieGoopy Gyne Bagha Byne
1969
Original Music Composer
movieThe Zoo
1967
Original Music Composer
movieThe Hero
1966
Original Music Composer
movieShakespeare-Wallah
1965
Original Music Composer
movieTwo
1965
Original Music Composer
movieThe Coward
1965
Original Music Composer
movieThe Holy Man
1965
Original Music Composer
movieCharulata
1964
Original Music Composer
movieThe Big City
1963
Original Music Composer
movieThe Expedition
1962
Original Music Composer
movieKanchenjungha
1962
Original Music Composer
movieThe Lost Jewels
1961
Original Music Composer
movieThree Daughters
1961
Original Music Composer
movieThe Philosopher's Stone
1958
Original Music Composer
Acting13
movieManik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieFeluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective
2019
Self (archival footage)
Ray: Life and Work of Satyajit Ray
1999
Self (archive footage)
The Tree
1998
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Inner Eye
1972
Narrator (voice)
movieSikkim
1971
Narrator (voice)
movieRabindranath Tagore
1961
Narrator (voice)
Production8
movieThe Stranger
1991
Producer
movieKanchenjungha
1962
Producer
movieThe Lost Jewels
1961
Producer
movieDevi
1960
Producer
movieThe World of Apu
1959
Producer
movieThe Music Room
1958
Producer
movieAparajito
1956
Producer
moviePather Panchali
1955
Producer
Crew2
movieCaptain Spark
Creator
Creator1
tvFeluda 30
1996
Creator
Editing1
movieThe Householder
1963
Editor