
Known for
Directing
Born
May 2, 1921
Birthplace
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Died
April 23, 1992 (aged 70)
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 sho...
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Creator
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Writer, Music, Screenplay
2025
2024
Novel
2023
Thanks
2023
Original Story
2023
Story
2022
Writer
2022
Author
2022
2021
Writer
2021
2021
Story
2021
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Story
2019
as Self (archival footage)
2017
Novel
2016
Music, Novel
2015
Writer
2014
Novel
2014
Story
2013
Short Story
2012
Story
2011
Novel
2010
Novel