Pankaj Kumar (cinematographer)

Pankaj Kumar
Pankaj Kumar
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Film and Television Institute of India
Occupation	Cinematographer
Notable work	Tumbbad; Haider; Ship of Theseus

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Pankaj Kumar is an Indian cinematographer.^[1] He is known for his work on films like Haider, Tumbbad and Ship of Theseus among others. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography for Tumbbad in 2019.

Early life[edit]

He was educated at the Film and Television Institute of India.^[1]

He completed his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya Hakimpet Secunderabad in the year 1993.

Early career[edit]

He made his debut with the Ship of Theseus and subsequently with Haider, Talvar and Rangoon.^[1]

Filmography[edit]

As a Cinematographer

Year	Title	Director(s)	Notes
2006	Continuum	Anand Gandhi and Khushboo Ranka	Short film; Also Editor
2007	Aditi Singh	Mickael Kummer	Short film
2009	Andheri	Sushrut Jain	Short film
2013	Ship of Theseus	Anand Gandhi	Also Writer
2014	Haider	Vishal Bhardwaj
2015	Talvar	Meghna Gulzar
2017	Daddy	Ashim Ahluwalia
	Rangoon	Vishal Bhardwaj
	Kalachakra - L'éveil	Fuchs Natalie	Documentary film
2018	Tumbbad	Rahi Anil Barve
2019	Judgementall Hai Kya	Prakash Kovelamudi
2020	Raat Akeli Hai	Honey Trehan
2020	Unpaused	Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.	Segment: "Glitch"
2021	Atrangi Re	Aanand L Rai
2022	Raksha Bandhan	Aanand L Rai
2022	Brahmāstra	Ayan Mukerji

Awards and nominations[edit]

Filmfare Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result
2014	Best Story	Ship of Theseus	Nominated
2018	Best Cinematography	Daddy	Nominated
2018		Rangoon	Nominated
2019		Tumbbad	Won
2020		Judgementall Hai Kya	Nominated

Screen Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result
2014	Best Cinematography	Ship of Theseus	Nominated
2015		Haider	Nominated
2017		Daddy	Nominated
2018		Rangoon	Won
2019		Tumbbad	Won

Other awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2012	Mumbai International Film Festival	Silver Gateway Jury Prize for Technical Excellence	Ship of Theseus	Won
	Jagran Film Festival	Best Cinematography		Won
	Tokyo International Film Festival	Best Artistic Contribution Award		Won
2013	Transilvania International Film Festival	Best Cinematography		Won
2018	Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival	Best Cinematography	Tumbbad	Won
2018	FOI Online Awards	Best Cinematography		Won
2019	Asian Film Awards	Best Cinematographer		Nominated
	Zee Cine Awards	Best Cinematography		Won
	Critics Choice Film Awards	Best Cinematography		Won

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Man of Many Shades".

External links[edit]

Pankaj Kumar on IMDb
Pankaj Kumar at Rotten Tomatoes

[Shades-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Man of Many Shades".

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