Goutam Ghose

Birthday: 7/24/1950
Fame for: Directing
Also known as: Gautam Ghosh

Biography

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.