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Abhijit Das

Mumbai - India

Writer & Director

Tags: short documentaries  Reality TV  political/social issue documentaries  India  Essay Documentaries  

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Title/Occupation:  Director  Writer 

Gender: Male

Race: Asian/Pacific Islander

Citizenship: Indian

Languages Spoken: Bengali, Hindi & English

Brief Message to Members: 

Mumbai, India is more than just Bollywood. It is a great resource for documentary content and i have a great team to execute Indian units for production, post production and music. We love working on subjects of social issues.

Biography: 

Started career in 1996 with Bates Worldwide in Kolkata, India. Worked on brands like Gold Flake, 555, Benson & Hedges and BCCI.
Then moved to Saatchi & Saatchi to handle Tata Tea.
Then headed the creative department at Lowe Worldwide, Kolkata.
Ran my own advertising agency and production house, O2 Lab in Kolkata and Mumbai.
Was an Assistant Director in 2 feature films: "Woh Lamhe" and "Life in a Metro"
Joined DDB as Creative Director in 2007.
Ran an advertising agency & film production house (WYRD & K9 Films) in 2008.
Currently independantly writing and directing TvCs, documentaries & short films.

Won the Best Documentary Award at the Florence Film Festival for a documentary "Kar Sawaal" on Right to Information Act movement.

The same documentary was the official selection at the Philadelphia Film Festival.