Satyajit Ray
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Ray was born in Calcutta to author Sukumar Ray and Suprabha Ray. Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into independent film-making 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. Ray's first film, (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 (''The World of Apu'') (1959), form ''The Apu Trilogy''. Ray did the scripting, casting, scoring, and editing for the movie and designed his own credit titles and publicity material. He also authored several short stories and novels, primarily for young children and teenagers. Popular characters created by Ray include Feluda the sleuth, Professor Shonku the scientist, Tarini Khuro the storyteller, and Lalmohan Ganguly the novelist.
Ray received many major awards in his career, including a record thirty-seven Indian National Film Awards which includes Dadasaheb Phalke Award, a Golden Lion, a Golden Bear, two Silver Bears, many additional awards at international film festivals and ceremonies, and an Academy Honorary Award in 1992. In 1978, he was awarded an honorary degree by Oxford University. The Government of India honoured him with the Bharat Ratna, its highest civilian award, in 1992. On the occasion of the birth centenary of Ray, the International Film Festival of India, in recognition of the auteur's legacy, rechristened in 2021 its annual Lifetime Achievement award to the "Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award". In April 2024, Forbes ranked Ray as the 8th greatest director of all time, further cementing his position as a monumental figure in the history of cinema. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Ray, Satyajit. 1922-
Published 1983
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9by Khan, Vilayat, 1928-2004Other Authors: “...Ray, Satyajit, 1922-...”
Published 1989
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