Satyajit Ray (2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian
Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest
auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of
Kolkata 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 the
Italian neorealist film
Bicycle Thieves of
Vittorio De Sica during a visit to
London. Ray directed thirty-seven films, including feature films,
documentaries and
shorts. He was also a fiction writer, publisher, illustrator, graphic designer and
film critic. Ray's first film,
Pather Panchali, won eleven international prizes, including
Best Human Documentary at the
Cannes film festival. It,
Aparajito, and
Apur Sansar 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. That year the
Government of India honoured him with the
Bharat Ratna.
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