Vinay Shukla (documentary filmmaker)

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Vinay Shukla is an Indian Director, best known for his documentaries An Insignificant Man [1] and While We Watched. [2]

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Vinay Shukla
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s) Film Director, Film producer
Years active2009-present
AwardsThe Peabody Award

Career

Vinay started his career as an assistant director for the 2009 movie Victory . His first short movie was titled Bureaucracy Sonata, set during the Emergency in India in 1975.

In 2012, Vinay started working on the idea of An Insignificant Man with Khushboo Ranka. [3] The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016 followed by a theatrical release in India in November 2017. [4] [5]

In 2022, Vinay released While We Watched , profiling NDTV's Ravish Kumar's journalistic independence against the backdrop of general media bias in India. [6] The shooting itself took two years. [3] The film won the Amplify voices award at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, Busan cinephile award [7] at the 27th Busan International Film Festival and the Peabody award in 2023. [8]

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorProducerScreenwriterRef.
2011Bureaucracy SonataYes [9]
2016 An Insignificant Man YesYesYes [1] [10] [11]
2022 While We Watched YesYesYes [12] [13] [14]

References

  1. 1 2 "Documentary 'An Insignificant Man' To Show Journey Of Arvind Kejriwal And The Aam Aadmi Party". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  2. ↑ Bhatia, Uday (2024-05-25). "News and other battles: Vinay Shukla on 'While We Watched'". mint. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  3. 1 2 "Who is Vinay Shukla? And why is his new film While We Watched getting people excited and talking?". Firstpost. 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  4. ↑ "An Insignificant Man sparks significant buzz in Toronto". The Indian Express. 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  5. ↑ "Documentary on Arvind Kejriwal, An Insignificant Man, to release on November 17". Hindustan Times. 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  6. ↑ "Amid threats and signal cuts, India's top independent TV anchor battles on – but for how long?". France 24. 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  7. ↑ Lad, Tanvi (2022-10-14). "While We Watched Wins at the Busan International Film Festival". www.filmcompanion.in. Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  8. ↑ "Vinay Shukla's 'While We Watched', Shaunak Sen's 'All That Breathes' Win Peabody". The Wire. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  9. ↑ "Film Update: While We Watched | POV". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  10. ↑ Joshi, Namrata (2017-11-17). "An Insignificant Man review: This revolution shall be televised". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  11. ↑ Ramnath, Nandini (2017-11-16). "In 'An Insignificant Man', Arvind Kejriwal's first electoral win becomes a suspense thriller". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  12. ↑ "Vinay Shukla's While We Watched bags Peabody Award nomination, to stream on MUBI India in May".
  13. ↑ Deep, Aroon (2023-09-24). "'While We Watched' review: A documentary on Ravish Kumar that finds idealism in distress". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  14. ↑ Pathak, Anamika. "Vinay Shukla's 'While We Watched' and Shaunak Sen's 'All That Breathes' win Peabody Awards; here's how to watch them". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
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