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Satyajit Ray

Directing

Born May 2, 1921 · Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]

Died April 23, 1992

Also known as Manik · 사티야지트 레이 · 사트야지트 레이

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Biography

Satyajit Ray was an Indian film director, screenwriter, author, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential film directors in the history of cinema. He is celebrated for works including The Apu Trilogy (1955–1959), The Music Room (1958), The Big City (1963), Charulata (1964), and the Goopy–Bagha trilogy (1969–1992).[a]

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Awards & recognition

  • National Film Award — Best Screenplay · 1993
  • Academy Honorary Award · 1992
  • Bharat Ratna · 1992
  • National Film Award — Best Direction · 1991
  • National Film Award — Best Feature Film · 1991
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  • National Film Award — Best Bengali Feature Film · 1989
  • Commander of the Legion of Honour · 1987
  • Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres · 1987
  • Fellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi · 1986
  • honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta · 1985
  • Dadasaheb Phalke Award · 1984
  • National Film Award — Best Bengali Feature Film · 1984
  • Golden Lion · 1982
  • National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention · 1981
  • National Film Award — Best Bengali Feature Film · 1980
  • National Film Award — Best Music Direction · 1980
  • Filmfare Award — Best Director · 1979
  • Filmfare Critics Award — Best Movie · 1978
  • National Film Award — Best Children's Film · 1978
  • National Film Award — Best Feature Film in Hindi · 1977
  • Padma Vibhushan · 1976
  • National Film Award — Best Direction · 1975
  • National Film Award — Best Bengali Feature Film · 1974
  • National Film Award — Best Screenplay · 1974
  • National Film Award — Best Direction · 1974
  • Golden Bear · 1973
  • National Film Award — Best Music Direction · 1973
  • National Film Award — Best Bengali Feature Film · 1973
  • National Film Award — Best Non-Feature Film · 1972
  • Ananda Puraskar · 1971
  • National Film Award — Best Feature Film · 1971
  • National Film Award — Best Screenplay · 1970
  • National Film Award — Second Best Feature Film · 1970
  • National Film Award — Best Direction · 1970
  • Bodil Award — Best American Film · 1969
  • National Film Award — Best Feature Film · 1968
  • National Film Award — Best Direction · 1968
  • Bodil Award — Best American Film · 1967
  • National Film Award — Best Direction · 1967
  • Ramon Magsaysay Award · 1967
  • National Film Award — Best Screenplay · 1966
  • National Film Award — Best Bengali Feature Film · 1966
  • Padma Bhushan · 1965
  • Silver Bear — Best Director · 1965
  • National Film Award — Best Feature Film · 1964
  • Silver Bear — Best Director · 1964
  • National Film Award — Second Best Feature Film · 1962
  • National Film Award — Best Bengali Feature Film · 1961
  • National Film Award — Best Non-Feature Film · 1961
  • National Board of Review Award — Best Foreign Language Film · 1960
  • National Film Award — Best Bengali Feature Film · 1960
  • BAFTA Award — Best Film · 1959
  • National Film Award — Best Feature Film · 1959
  • Sangeet Natak Akademi Award · 1959
  • Sutherland Trophy · 1959
  • BAFTA Award — Best Film · 1958
  • National Board of Review Award — Best Foreign Language Film · 1958
  • National Film Award — Second Best Feature Film · 1958
  • Padma Shri in arts · 1958
  • Golden Lion · 1957
  • National Film Award — Best Bengali Feature Film · 1955
  • National Film Award — Best Feature Film · 1955
  • Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
  • Filmfare Award — Best Director · 1979 · nominated
  • Bodil Award — Best American Film · 1969 · nominated
  • Bodil Award — Best American Film · 1967 · nominated
  • BAFTA Award — Best Film · 1962 · nominated
  • BAFTA Award — Best Film · 1959 · nominated
  • BAFTA Award — Best Film · 1958 · nominated

Filmography24 titles

The World of Apu

1959Director, Producer, Screenplay

The Hero

1966Director, Original Music Composer, Writer

The Big City

1963Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay

Aparajito

1956Director, Producer, Screenplay

Pather Panchali

1955Director, Producer, Screenplay

Jigarthanda Double X

2023Thanks

The Stranger

1991Director, Original Music Composer, Original Story, Producer, Screenplay

Three Daughters

1961Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay

The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha

1969Director, Original Music Composer, Writer

Charulata

1964Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay

The Goddess

1960Director, Producer, Screenplay

The Music Room

1958Director, Producer, Screenplay

The Home and the World

1984Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay

The River

1951Assistant Director

An Enemy of the People

1990Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay

The Elephant God

1979Director, Novel, Original Music Composer, Screenplay

The Coward

1965Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay

The Chess Players

1977Dialogue, Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay

Rabindranath Tagore

1961as Narrator (voice)

Distant Thunder

1973Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay

Shakespeare-Wallah

1965Original Music Composer

Ray

2021Original Story

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali

2021as Self (archive footage)

The Holy Man

1965Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay