Satya Hegde

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Satya Hegde
Born (1975-05-17) 17 May 1975 (age 49)
Nationality Indian
Occupation Cinematographer
Years active2002–present

Satya Hegde (born 17 May 1975) is an Indian cinematographer who works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut with Taali Kattuva Shubhavele in 2002. Following this, he worked in over 20 films and received critical praise for his work in Duniya (2007) and Myna (2013), along with his collaborations with Suri. [1]

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Early life

Satya Hegde was born on 17 May 1975 to Parameshwar Hegde and Savithri in Haliyal, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. He completed his schooling from Carmel High School, Haliyal in 1989. Following this, he was sent to Sanduru to complete his Pre-university course by his father who then wanted him to pursue a career in Computer science. Due to his poor scores during the course, he was persuaded by his brother to obtain a diploma. Having decided to choose cinematography as the subject specialization at the Sri Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic, Bangalore, Hegde obtained the diploma in cinematography in 1995. [2]

Career

Hegde began his career as a cinematographer assisting B. C. Gowrishankar, a popular cinematographer of the time. He also worked with Ashok Kashyap, P.Rajan, H.C.Venu, P.K.H. Das,Surendranath Begur and Krishna. During the time, he worked in making corporate videos, documentary films, television advertisements and in soap operas such as Ankura and Swarnarekhe. He worked as a camera operator and an assistant cinematographer in the Kannada language films Sparsha (2000), Parva (2002) and H2O . [3] In the same year, he started out as an independent cinematographer in films with the film Taali Kattuva Shubhavele. He then worked in the 2005 releases Yashwanth and Masala, both of which failed to perform commercially. Following this, Hegde worked with Ashok Kashyap in a soap opera before returning to films with the 2007 film Duniya for which he won praise for his work from critics. [2]

His work in Myna (2013), that was shot mostly outdoors with simulated lighting won him praise. [1] He then worked in Gajakesari (2014) collaborating with Krishna, a cinematographer himself, as the director. He received praise for his work in Rhaatee , with critics calling it a "visual poetry"; it involved frames of Bangalore and Muthathi forest. [4] [5] For his work in Rhaatee, he was awarded the Best Cinematographer at the 2014 Karnataka State Film Awards. [6]

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorNotes
2000 Sparsha Sunil Kumar Desai Assistant cinematographer
2002 Parva Assistant cinematographer
H2O N. Lokanath
Rajaram
Assistant cinematographer
Taali Kattuva Shubhavele
2005Yashwanth Dayal Padmanabhan
Masala
2007 Duniya Suri Suvarna Film Award for Best Cinematographer
Kasturi Film Award for Best Cinematographer
Cinegandha Award for Best Cinematographer
Ee Preethi OntharaSubramanya Thememane
2008 Inthi Ninna Preethiya Suri
2009 Ambari A. P. Arjun
Junglee Suri
Manasaare Yogaraj Bhat Zee Kannada Film Award for Best Cinematographer
Innovative Film Award for Best Cinematographer [7]
Gokula Prakash
2010 Jackie SuriSuvarna Film Award for Best Cinematographer
2011 Sanju Weds Geetha NagashekarSIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer
Hudugaru K. Madesh
2012 Shiva Om Prakash Rao
Anna Bond SuriNominated—SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer
2013 Myna NagashekarNominated—SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer
2014 Gajakesari Krishna Nominated—SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer
6-5=2 Bharat Jain
2015 Rhaatee A. P. Arjun Karnataka State Film Award for Best Cinematographer
Aatagara K. M. Chaitanya
Kendasampige Suri
2016 Doddmane Hudga Suri
U Turn Pawan Kumar
2017 Maasthi Gudi Nagashekar
2019 Amar Nagashekar
2020 Butterfly Ramesh Aravind
Paris Paris Ramesh Aravind Tamil film
Act 1978 Mansore
2021 100 Ramesh Aravind
2024 Martin A. P. Arjun
45 Arjun Janya
Sanju Weds Geetha 2 Nagashekar

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