Pankaj Rishi Kumar
Directing
After graduating from the FTII Pune, India, in 1992, with a specialisation in Film Editing, Pankaj was assistant editor on Sekhar Kapur's ‘Bandit Queen’. After editing numerous documentaries and TV serials, he made his first film Kumar Talkies. Subsequently, Pankaj has become a one-man crew producing, directing, shooting and editing his own films under the banner of Kumar Talkies. His films have been screened at film festivals all over the world. He has won grants from Hubert Bals, IFA, Jan Vrijman, AND (Korea), Banff, Majlis, Sarai and Pad.ma. Pankaj was awarded an Asia Society fellowship at Harvard Asia Centre (2003). He is an alumnus of Asian Film Academy (Pusan) and Berlin Talents (2016). Pankaj also curates and teaches.
Known for
Behind the camera9
- 2019Janani's Juliet Director
- 2011Katho Upanishad Editor
- 2010Vakratunda Swaha Editor
- 2008Punches n Ponytails Director
- 20053 Men and a Bulb Director
- 1999Kumar Talkies Director
- 1992A Briefcase Full of Reflexive Maladies Editor
- TBAIn God's Land Director
- TBAGola Dreams Director