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Satyajit Ray was an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, music composer, graphic artist, lyricist and author, widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. Ray was born in Calcutta into a Bengali family which was prominent in the field 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.
Born
Monday, 02 May 1921
Died
Thursday, 23 April 1992
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2021 |
| The Music of Satyajit Ray | Self | 2000 |
| The Tree | (Archive footage) | 1998 |
| The 64th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Honorary Award Recipient (pre-recorded in Calcutta) | 1992 |
| Satyajit Ray | Self | 1984 |
| The South Bank Show | Self | 1978 |
| The Inner Eye | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 1972 |
| Sikkim | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 1971 |
| Rabindranath Tagore | Narrator | 1961 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2021 |
| The Music of Satyajit Ray | Self | 2000 |
| The Tree | (Archive footage) | 1998 |
| The 64th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Honorary Award Recipient (pre-recorded in Calcutta) | 1992 |
| Satyajit Ray | Self | 1984 |
| The South Bank Show | Self | 1978 |
| The Inner Eye | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 1972 |
| Sikkim | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 1971 |
| Rabindranath Tagore | Narrator | 1961 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Stranger | 1991 |
| The Branches of the Tree | 1990 |
| An Enemy of the People | 1990 |
| Sukumar Ray | 1987 |
| The Home and the World | 1985 |
| Deliverance | 1981 |
| The Kingdom of Diamonds | 1980 |
| Joi Baba Felunath: The Elephant God | 1979 |
| The Chess Players | 1977 |
| The Middleman | 1976 |
| Bala | 1976 |
| Sonar Kella | 1974 |
| Distant Thunder | 1973 |
| The Inner Eye | 1972 |
| Company Limited | 1971 |
| Sikkim | 1971 |
| The Adversary | 1970 |
| Days and Nights in the Forest | 1970 |
| The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha | 1969 |
| The Zoo | 1967 |
| The Hero | 1966 |
| Nayak: The Hero | 1966 |
| Two | 1965 |
| The Holy Man | 1965 |
| The Coward | 1965 |
| Charulata | 1964 |
| The Big City | 1963 |
| The Expedition | 1962 |
| Kanchenjungha | 1962 |
| Three Daughters | 1961 |
| Rabindranath Tagore | 1961 |
| The Goddess | 1960 |
| The World of Apu | 1959 |
| The Philosopher's Stone | 1959 |
| The Music Room | 1958 |
| Aparajito | 1956 |
| Pather Panchali | 1955 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Stranger | 1991 |
| Kanchenjungha | 1962 |
| Three Daughters | 1961 |
| The Goddess | 1960 |
| The World of Apu | 1959 |
| The Music Room | 1958 |
| Aparajito | 1956 |
| Pather Panchali | 1955 |
