Satyajit Ray
director · 1921–1992 · Golden Age
Pather Panchali won Best Human Document at Cannes 1956; Aparajito won the Golden Lion at Venice 1957; Ashani Sanket won the Golden Bear at Berlin 1974; 32 National Film Awards; Academy Honorary Award 1992.
33 films catalogued32 directed
Widely considered India's greatest filmmaker — the Apu Trilogy and everything after put Bengali cinema on the world map and remains the benchmark it's measured against.
Defining films
Pather Panchali (1955) · Aparajito (1956) · Charulata (1964) · Ashani Sanket (1973) · Ghare Baire (1984)
Directed (32)
Pather Panchali
1955 · Golden Age
Aparajito
1956 · Golden Age
The Philosopher's Stone
1958 · Golden Age
The Music Room
1958 · Golden Age
The World of Apu
1959 · Golden Age
Devi
1960 · Golden Age
The Lost Jewels
1961 · Golden Age
Three Daughters
1961 · Golden Age
Kanchenjungha
1962 · Golden Age
The Expedition
1962 · Golden Age
The Big City
1963 · Golden Age
Charulata
1964 · Golden Age
The Holy Man
1965 · Golden Age
The Coward
1965 · Golden Age
The Hero
1966 · Golden Age
The Zoo
1967 · Golden Age
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
1969 · Golden Age
Days and Nights in the Forest
1970 · Parallel Cinema
The Adversary
1970 · Parallel Cinema
Company Limited
1971 · Parallel Cinema
Distant Thunder
1973 · Parallel Cinema
The Golden Fortress
1974 · Parallel Cinema
Bala
1976 · Parallel Cinema
The Middleman
1976 · Parallel Cinema
The Elephant God
1979 · Parallel Cinema
The Kingdom of Diamonds
1980 · Parallel Cinema
Pikoo
1981 · Parallel Cinema
The Home and the World
1985 · Parallel Cinema
Sukumar Ray
1987 · Parallel Cinema
An Enemy of the People
1990 · Mainstream 80s-90s
The Branches of the Tree
1990 · Mainstream 80s-90s
The Stranger
1991 · Mainstream 80s-90s
