Filmmaker · India
Bimal Roy
Died in 1966
Bimal Roy was born on 12 July 1909 in Suapur, near Dhaka, into a family of landowners; on the death of his father, the family lost its lands and moved to Calcutta. Having joined New Theatres as assistant to the cameraman Nitin Bose, he became a cinematographer himself there, then directed his first film in 1944. He left for Bombay in 1950 with several of his collaborators, including his editor, founded his production company there and died of cancer in Bombay in January 1966.
In the catalogue 2
- CinemaTwo Acres of Landदो बीघा ज़मीनBimal Roy · 1953Cinema