Vinay Shukla (documentary filmmaker) explained

Vinay Shukla (documentary filmmaker) should not be confused with Vinay Shukla.

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

Vinay Shukla
Nationality:Indian
Occupation:Film Director, Film producer
Years Active:2009-present
Awards:The 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. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016 followed by a theatrical release in India in November 2017.[3] [4]

In 2022, Vinay released While We Watched, profiling NDTV's Ravish Kumar's journalistic independence against the backdrop of general media bias in India.[5] The shooting itself took two years.[6] 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

!Year!Title!Director!Producer!Screenwriter!Ref.
2011Bureaucracy Sonata[9]
2016An Insignificant Man[10] [11]
2022While We Watched[12] [13] [14]

References

  1. Web site: Documentary 'An Insignificant Man' To Show Journey Of Arvind Kejriwal And The Aam Aadmi Party . 2024-05-28 . NDTV.com.
  2. Web site: Bhatia . Uday . 2024-05-25 . News and other battles: Vinay Shukla on ‘While We Watched’ . 2024-05-28 . mint . en.
  3. Web site: 2016-09-17 . An Insignificant Man sparks significant buzz in Toronto . 2024-05-28 . The Indian Express . en.
  4. Web site: 2017-10-13 . Documentary on Arvind Kejriwal, An Insignificant Man, to release on November 17 . 2024-05-28 . Hindustan Times . en.
  5. Web site: 2022-09-07 . Amid threats and signal cuts, India’s top independent TV anchor battles on – but for how long? . 2024-05-28 . France 24 . en.
  6. Web site: 2022-09-27 . Who is Vinay Shukla? And why is his new film While We Watched getting people excited and talking? . 2024-05-28 . Firstpost . en-us.
  7. Web site: Lad . Tanvi . 2022-10-14 . While We Watched Wins at the Busan International Film Festival . https://web.archive.org/web/20240606064521/https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/quick-reads/while-we-watched-wins-at-the-busan-international-film-festival . 6 June 2024 . 2024-06-06 . www.filmcompanion.in . en.
  8. Web site: Vinay Shukla’s 'While We Watched', Shaunak Sen's 'All That Breathes' Win Peabody . 2024-05-28 . The Wire . en.
  9. Web site: Film Update: While We Watched POV . 2024-05-28 . www.pbs.org.
  10. News: Joshi . Namrata . 2017-11-17 . An Insignificant Man review: This revolution shall be televised . 2024-05-28 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
  11. Web site: Ramnath . Nandini . 2017-11-16 . In ‘An Insignificant Man’, Arvind Kejriwal’s first electoral win becomes a suspense thriller . 2024-05-28 . Scroll.in . en.
  12. News: Vinay Shukla’s While We Watched bags Peabody Award nomination, to stream on MUBI India in May .
  13. News: Deep . Aroon . 2023-09-24 . ‘While We Watched’ review: A documentary on Ravish Kumar that finds idealism in distress . 2024-05-28 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
  14. Web site: Pathak . Anamika . Vinay Shukla's 'While We Watched' and Shaunak Sen's 'All That Breathes' win Peabody Awards; here's how to watch them . 2024-05-28 . Deccan Herald . en.

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