Goutam Ghose (also spelled Gautam Ghosh born 24 July 1950) is an Indian film director, actor, music director and cinematographer, who works primarily in Bengali cinema. Ghose was greatly influenced by the movies of Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Rajen Tarafdar, Mrinal Sen and Ajoy Kar who had heralded a new era in Bengali movies through their works. He is the only Indian to have received the "Vittorio Di Sica" Award, Italy, in 1997. In 2017, he was inducted as a member of the Oscar Academy.
Ghose’s first major film is a documentary about the 1974 Bengal famine, analysing how famines come about and chronicling their impact in the cities and the villages of India. Made on a Paillard Bolex by a group calling itself the ‘Joris Ivens collective’, it was ... (more)
Ghose’s first major film is a documentary about the 1974 Bengal famine, analysing how famines come about and chronicling their impact in the cities and the villages of India. Made on a Paillard Bolex by a group calling itself the ‘Joris Ivens collective’, it was ... (more)
A deadbeat weather reporter at an English newspaper in Kolkata evolves into a detective when he pursues a deeply buried story about an adult movie star. (more)
A deadbeat weather reporter at an English newspaper in Kolkata evolves into a detective when he pursues a deeply buried story about an adult movie star. (more)
The clay idol-makers of Kolkata practice a unique art— an art that comes with the promise of dissolution and regeneration—a metaphor of life itself, with its impermanence and ebb-and-flow. The painstaking and elaborate process of the making of the idols, the ... (more)
The clay idol-makers of Kolkata practice a unique art— an art that comes with the promise of dissolution and regeneration—a metaphor of life itself, with its impermanence and ebb-and-flow. The painstaking and elaborate process of the making of the idols, the ... (more)
The film is about a couple and how their relationship changes amid the pandemic and the lockdown. (more)
The film is about a couple and how their relationship changes amid the pandemic and the lockdown. (more)
A citified executive meets an idealistic journalist who challenges his values as he negotiates with tribal peoples to acquire their land for mining. (more)
A citified executive meets an idealistic journalist who challenges his values as he negotiates with tribal peoples to acquire their land for mining. (more)
Gérard Courant's "Filmed Diary" of December 14, 2011, produced in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Between December 7 and 15, 2011, Gérard Courant was invited by the Dubai International Film Festival, in the United Arab Emirates. It was an opportunity for him to film ... (more)
Gérard Courant's "Filmed Diary" of December 14, 2011, produced in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Between December 7 and 15, 2011, Gérard Courant was invited by the Dubai International Film Festival, in the United Arab Emirates. It was an opportunity for him to film ... (more)