Partho Sen-Gupta

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{{Infobox person
| name = Partho Sen-Gupta
| image = Photograph of Partho.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Sen-Gupta in 2017
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|9|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]
| death_date =
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| occupation = [[Film director]], [[screenwriter]], [[art director]], [[production designer]], [[Film producer|producer]]
| alma_mater = [[La Femis]]
| yearsactive = 1984–present
| spouse =
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'''Partho Sen-Gupta''' (also spelled '''Partho Sen Gupta''' or '''Partho Sengupta''' pronounced ''Partho Shen-Goopto'') is an independent [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]]. He is a French citizen,<ref>{{cite news |title=The making of a stirring experience|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-making-of-a-stirring-experience/article25027185.ece|author=Anuj Kumar|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 September 2018}}</ref> of Indian origin.<ref>{{cite news |title=Quick Takes|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990409/ile09095.html |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=9 April 1999}}</ref> He has a post-graduate in Film Direction from [[La Fémis|FEMIS]].

==Biography==
Sen-Gupta was born in [[Mumbai]] (Bombay), on 2 September 1965. He has been working in [[film|cinema]] since the age of seventeen, starting his career as an apprentice in the art department, in the studios of "[[Bollywood]]" in [[Mumbai]]. He worked with an Indian art director [[Bijon Dasgupta]] on the sets of big budget commercial Hindi films like ''[[Saagar (1985 film)|Saagar]]'' and ''[[Mr. India (1987 film)|Mr. India]]'' among others.<ref>{{cite news|title=An Interview with Partho Sen-Gupta|url=http://diff.co.in/blog/an-interview-with-partho-sen-gupta/|publisher=Dharamshala Film Festival}}</ref>

After having spent a few years and finishing his apprenticeship, he became assistant art director. In 1988, he worked on his first film as [[art director]] or [[production designer]] in an Indian art movie called ''Main Zinda Hoon'' (''I am Alive'') directed by [[Sudhir Mishra]]. He then set up his design studio working on numerous advertising films and art movies, designing sets and specializing in real-time SFX. He won the Best Art Director Award in 1989. He also worked as production designer<ref>{{cite news|title=Nocturne Indien (1989)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098000/combined|publisher=IMDB}}</ref> on the French film ''[[Nocturne Indien]]'' directed by [[Alain Corneau]] and shot in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite news|title=An Interview with Partho Sen-Gupta|url=http://diff.co.in/blog/an-interview-with-partho-sen-gupta/|publisher=Dharamshala Film Festival}}</ref>

In 1993, he was selected to do a two-month summer workshop at [[La Fémis|FEMIS]], the French film institute in Paris. During the workshop, he directed his first short film "La Derniere..." based on [[Samuel Beckett]]'s radio play ''[[Krapp's Last Tape]]''. He was then awarded a three and a half year full scholarship to study film direction at the same school.<ref>{{cite news|title=Partho Sen-Gupta's film Sunrise opened to great reviews at Film Festivals|url=https://pandolin.com/partho-sen-guptas-film-sunrise-opened-great-reviews-film-festivals/|publisher=Pandolin.com|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118181330/https://pandolin.com/partho-sen-guptas-film-sunrise-opened-great-reviews-film-festivals/|archive-date=18 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

During his film school years, he made four short fiction films ''Le Cochon'',<ref>{{cite news|title=Le Cochon, France/1996|url=http://clermont-filmfest.com/index.php?m=328&c=3&id_film=100012410&o=88&m=330|publisher=Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival}}</ref> ''La Partition'', ''Trajet Discontinu'',<ref>{{cite news|title=Official Selection - Festival Premiers Plan d'Angers - Trajet Discontinu, France/1998|url=http://www.premiersplans.org/festival/archives_film.php?id=454&annee_fest=1998|publisher=Festival Premiers Plan d'Angers}}</ref> and ''La Petite Souris'' which took him to different European film festivals and won awards.<ref>{{cite news|title=Prix du jury des jeunes comédiens - Trajet Discontinu|url=http://www.premiersplans.org/festival/archives_film.php?id=454&annee_fest=1998|publisher=Festival Premiers Plan d'Angers}}</ref>

After graduation in 1997, he directed his first feature film ''[[Hava Aney Dey]]'' (''Let the Wind Blow'') which premiered at the [[Berlin Film Festival]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hava aney dey: Let the Wind Blow|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2004/02_programm_2004/02_Filmdatenblatt_2004_20040270.php|publisher=Berlinale}}</ref> It was selected in many international film festivals and won awards.<ref>{{cite news|title=Let the Wind blow, Awards|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0440463/awards|publisher=IMDB}}</ref> The film was part of the Global Lens 2008 series of the [[Global Film Initiative]].<ref>{{cite news|title=GFI Announces Global Lens 2008 Film Lineup|url=http://www.globalfilm.org/pdfs/pr_080707.pdf|publisher=Global Film Initiative}}</ref> and premiered at the [[MoMA]] NYC, in January 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hava aney dey: Let the Wind Blow|url=http://catalogue.globalfilm.org/let-the-wind-blow.html|publisher=Global Film Initiative}}</ref>

In 2005, he made a documentary film ''The Way of Beauty'' on the Indo-fusion group [[Shakti (band)|Shakti]] which was released on the DVD in May 2006.<ref>{{cite news|title=John McLaughlin with Zakir Hussain: Remember Shakti - The Way of Beauty|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd-john-mclaughlin-with-zakir-hussain-remember-shakti-the-way-of-beauty-john-mclaughlin/11652225|publisher=Barnes and Noble}}</ref>

In 2008, his new feature film project ''[[Sunrise (2014 film)|Sunrise]]'', was selected among 30 other international projects at the 11th Pusan promotion Plan (3 to 6 October 2008) at the [[Pusan International Film Festival]]. ''Sunrise'' was the only Indian project in the selection.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pusan unveils PPP selections |url=http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/6755/1&nid=3597 |newspaper=Variety Asia |date=19 August 2008 |author=Han Sunhee |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822005631/http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/6755/1%26nid%3D3597 |archivedate=22 August 2008 }}</ref>

''[[Sunrise (2014 film)|Sunrise]]'' was completed and released in October 2014 and premiered at the 2014 [[Busan International Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Partho Sen-Gupta, Sunrise|url=http://www.screendaily.com/features/interviews/partho-sen-gupta-sunrise/5078238.article|date=3 October 2014|author=Liz Shackleton|publisher=Screen Daily }}</ref> and numerous international film festivals, received awards<ref>{{cite news|title=Sunrise, Awards|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2385227/awards|publisher=IMDB}}</ref> and international critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite news|title=Busan Film Review: 'Sunrise'|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/busan-film-review-sunrise-1201321350/|date=4 October 2014|author=Richard Kuipers |publisher=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='Sunrise': Busan Review|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/sunrise-busan-review-738675/|date=7 October 2014|author=Elizabeth Kerr|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Busan 2014 Review: SUNRISE Plunges Us Into Noirish And Riveting Tale Of Child Abduction|url=http://screenanarchy.com/2014/10/busan-2014-review-sunrise-plunges-us-into-a-noirish-stylish-and-riveting-tale.html|date=7 October 2014|author=Pierce Conran|publisher=Screen Anarchy}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Busan 2014 Review: SUNRISE Plunges Us Into Noirish And Riveting Tale Of Child Abduction|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-sunrise-review-20160620-snap-story.html|date=23 June 2015|author=Sheri Linden|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

In 2017, Sen-Gupta wrote and directed his first Australian feature film ''[[Slam (2018 film)|Slam]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Slam - IMDB page|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6037866/combined|publisher=IMDB}}</ref> It was an official selected project at the 2016 [[International Film Festival Rotterdam]]'s CineMart <ref>{{cite news|title=IFFR: CineMart 2016 line-up|url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/rotterdam/iffr-radu-jude-ciro-guerra-among-cinemart-2016-line-up/5097889.article?referrer=RSS|date=15 December 2015|author=Michael Rosser|publisher=Screen Daily}}</ref> and the 2016 [[Berlinale]] Co-oproduction Market.<ref>{{cite news|title=Berlin 2016: Co-pro market lineup|url=http://www.screendaily.com/berlin-2016-guerra-zbanic-uthang-among-co-pro-market-lineup/5098879.article|date=16 January 2016|author=Michael Rosser|publisher=Screen Daily}}</ref> The film starring [[Adam Bakri]], from the Academy Awards nominated film ''[[Omar (film)|Omar]]'' and award winning Australian actress [[Rachael Blake]], was filmed in October and November 2017 in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Adam Bakri to star in Sen-Gupta's Slam|url=http://www.screendaily.com/territories/asia-pacific/adam-bakri-to-star-in-sen-guptas-slam/5112106.article?referrer=RSS|date=12 December 2016|author=Liz Shakleton|publisher=Screen Daily}}</ref>

''[[Slam (2018 film)|Slam]]'' is selected in the Official Selection Competition at the 2018 [[Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Tallinn Black Nights Festival Unveils Competition Lineup|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tallinn-black-nights-festival-competition-lineup-1154106|date=21 October 2018|author=Vladimir Kozlov|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> and had its world premiere on 27 November 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Programme Official selection Slam|url=https://2018.poff.ee/films/415886|date=18 October 2018|publisher=POFF.ee}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Writer/Director===
*[[Slam (2018 film)|Slam]] - 2018/Fiction/115 min/English
*[[Sunrise (2014 film)|Sunrise]] - 2014/Fiction/85 min/Marathi
*The Way of Beauty - 2006/Documentary/180 min/English
*[[Hava Aney Dey]] (''Let the Wind Blow'') - 2004/Fiction/93 min/Hindi
*Trajet Discontinu - 1998/Fiction/26 min/French
*Le Cochon - 1996/Fiction/12min/French

===Production Designer/Art Director===
*[[Nocturne Indien]] - 1989/Fiction/110 min/French
*[[Raakh]] - 1989/Fiction/153 min/Hindi
*[[Main Zinda Hoon]] - 1988/Fiction/120 min/Hindi

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.sunrisethefilm.com/ Arunoday - Sunrise - A film by Partho Sen-Gupta]
*{{IMDb name|0784289}}
*[http://www.sen-gupta.net Official Website]
*[http://www.sancho-asia.com/spip.php?article1067 2004 interview in Nantes, Festival de 3 continents]

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[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Film directors from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Hindi-language film directors]]
[[Category:Bengali male artists]]
[[Category:Indian production designers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian designers]]

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