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Satyajit Ray (May 2, 1921 – April 23, 1992) was an Indianfilm director, regarded as one of the greatestauteurs of twentieth century cinema for his subtle, austere and lyrical style of film-making. Born in a prominentBengali family of arts and letters, Ray studied inKolkata and at theVisva-Bharati University,Shantiniketan. After completing his education, Ray took up visual design, before turning to film direction. Ray's cinematic debut,Pather Panchali (1955) is a milestone ofhumanist filmmaking and changed the course ofBengali andIndian cinema. Ray directed thirty-seven films, comprising features, documentaries and shorts. Apart from being a film-maker, he was also afiction writer, publisher, illustrator, graphic designer and filmcritic. Ray received many major film and movie awards in his career, including anAcademy Award for lifetime achievement in 1991 shortly before his death in Kolkata. (more...)