
Satyajit Ray
Biography
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.
Acting (9 movies)
Directing (38 movies)

The Music Room
1958

Apur Sansar
1959

Aparajito
1956

Pather Panchali
1955

Charulata
1964

Days and Nights in the Forest
1970

The Stranger
1991

The Home and the World
1985

Devi
1960

Three Daughters
1961

The Big City
1963

Company Limited
1971

The Chess Players
1977

The Expedition
1962

The Middleman
1976

The Hero
1966

Distant Thunder
1973

The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha
1969

Rabindranath Tagore
1961

The Coward
1965

Kanchenjungha
1962

An Enemy of the People
1990

Two
1965

The Golden Fortress
1974

The Elephant God
1979

The Holy Man
1965

Sukumar Ray
1987

The Adversary
1970

The Branches of the Tree
1990

The Deliverance
1981

The Kingdom of Diamonds
1980

Pikoo
1981

Sikkim
1971

Bala
1976

The Inner Eye
1972

The Philosopher's Stone
1958

Chiriyakhana
1967

The Lost Jewels
1961
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Pather Panchali | 1955 | Producer |
| Pather Panchali | 1955 | Screenplay |
| Aparajito | 1956 | Producer |
| Aparajito | 1956 | Screenplay |
| The Philosopher's Stone | 1958 | Screenplay |
| The Philosopher's Stone | 1958 | Original Music Composer |
| The Music Room | 1958 | Screenplay |
| The Music Room | 1958 | Producer |
| Apur Sansar | 1959 | Screenplay |
| Apur Sansar | 1959 | Producer |
| Devi | 1960 | Screenplay |
| Devi | 1960 | Producer |
| Rabindranath Tagore | 1961 | Screenplay |
| Three Daughters | 1961 | Screenplay |
| The Lost Jewels | 1961 | Writer |
| The Lost Jewels | 1961 | Original Music Composer |
| The Lost Jewels | 1961 | Producer |
| Three Daughters | 1961 | Original Music Composer |
| Kanchenjungha | 1962 | Original Music Composer |
| Kanchenjungha | 1962 | Producer |
| Kanchenjungha | 1962 | Screenplay |
| The Expedition | 1962 | Screenplay |
| The Expedition | 1962 | Original Music Composer |
| The Big City | 1963 | Original Music Composer |
| The Big City | 1963 | Screenplay |
| Charulata | 1964 | Screenplay |
| Charulata | 1964 | Original Music Composer |
| The Holy Man | 1965 | Screenplay |
| The Holy Man | 1965 | Original Music Composer |
| The Coward | 1965 | Screenplay |
| The Coward | 1965 | Original Music Composer |
| Two | 1965 | Original Music Composer |
| Two | 1965 | Writer |
| Shakespeare-Wallah | 1965 | Original Music Composer |
| The Hero | 1966 | Writer |
| The Hero | 1966 | Original Music Composer |
| Chiriyakhana | 1967 | Screenplay |
| Chiriyakhana | 1967 | Original Music Composer |
| The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha | 1969 | Writer |
| The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha | 1969 | Original Music Composer |
| Baksa Badal | 1970 | Original Music Composer |
| Baksa Badal | 1970 | Screenplay |
| Days and Nights in the Forest | 1970 | Original Music Composer |
| Days and Nights in the Forest | 1970 | Screenplay |
| The Adversary | 1970 | Screenplay |
| The Adversary | 1970 | Original Music Composer |
| Sikkim | 1971 | Writer |
| Sikkim | 1971 | Original Music Composer |
| Company Limited | 1971 | Screenplay |
| Company Limited | 1971 | Original Music Composer |
| The Inner Eye | 1972 | Writer |
| Distant Thunder | 1973 | Original Music Composer |
| Distant Thunder | 1973 | Screenplay |
| The Golden Fortress | 1974 | Writer |
| The Golden Fortress | 1974 | Original Music Composer |
| Bala | 1976 | Screenplay |
| The Middleman | 1976 | Screenplay |
| The Middleman | 1976 | Original Music Composer |
| The Chess Players | 1977 | Screenplay |
| The Chess Players | 1977 | Original Music Composer |
| The Elephant God | 1979 | Screenplay |
| The Elephant God | 1979 | Original Music Composer |
| The Kingdom of Diamonds | 1980 | Writer |
| The Kingdom of Diamonds | 1980 | Original Music Composer |
| The Deliverance | 1981 | Screenplay |
| The Deliverance | 1981 | Original Music Composer |
| Pikoo | 1981 | Writer |
| Phatik Chand | 1983 | Screenplay |
| The Home and the World | 1985 | Original Music Composer |
| The Home and the World | 1985 | Screenplay |
| Sukumar Ray | 1987 | Screenplay |
| Sukumar Ray | 1987 | Original Music Composer |
| An Enemy of the People | 1990 | Original Music Composer |
| An Enemy of the People | 1990 | Screenplay |
| The Branches of the Tree | 1990 | Screenplay |
| The Branches of the Tree | 1990 | Original Music Composer |
| The Stranger | 1991 | Producer |
| The Stranger | 1991 | Screenplay |
| The Stranger | 1991 | Original Music Composer |
| Goopy Bagha Feere Elo | 1992 | Writer |
| Goopy Bagha Feere Elo | 1992 | Original Music Composer |
| Uttoran | 1994 | Writer |
| Baksho Rahashya | 1996 | Writer |
| Baksho Rahashya | 1996 | Original Music Composer |
| Ambar Sen Antordhan Rahasyo | 1999 | Original Music Composer |
| Golapi Mukta Rahasya | 1999 | Original Music Composer |
| Bombaiyer Bombete | 2003 | Writer |
| Ahalya | 2015 | Writer |
| Class Friend | 2021 | Writer |
| Hatyapuri | 2022 | Writer |





