Sujay B.
Delhi, India
$500 - $5000
1 reviewFor 30 years have been chronicling, for television, the great transformation that is India. Documenting society through politics, economy, technology, militancy, films, media, sport, personalities and unknown, unseen individuals. Conceived & piloted hundreds of hours of prime content. Standalone and mini-series worth, of long format and in-depth news documentaries. Mentored teams winning countless journalism & TV awards including multiple Ramanath Goenka Awards, Red Ink Journalism Awards and Laadli Awards. I try and constantly innovate with form, as I direct, write, edit, voice and present content in the audio visual medium.
* Designed & launched NEWSPOINT for IANS, India's first original news content on an OTT platform.
* Designed formats/concepts for India Today's foray into 'Unscripted' for OTT platforms.
* Core member in planning & launch of Headlines Today, India's first private English TV channel
* Planned & led special coverage of successive General & Assembly Elections for India Today TV.
* For 2 decades led and mentored the Programming Team at India Today TV.
Selected Documentary Highlights
* Wrote & Directed The Last Push, a documentary on the 1946 Royal Indian Navy mutiny against British imperialism.
* Directed, researched and scripted “WORLD OF FARUQI” a long format feature populated by the characters of author Shamshur Rahman Faruqi’s novels.
* Directed, researched and scripted “GUNS & GLORY“ a 9 part series that told stories of wars that India had waged.
* Directed, scripted, edited and anchored “AN INDIAN IN GOA“ a half-hour News feature on Headlines Today - on Goa completing 50 years as a part of India.
* Directed, scripted and anchored “ IDEALIST AGAINST IDEALISM“ a 30 minute documentary on Headlines Today - on the young IAS officers posted as Collectors in the Naxal hit districts of Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
*Directed, scripted and anchored “ WAR OVER LAND“ a documentary on how and why the land acquisition conflict was raging across India.
* Directed, scripted and edited “ WHEEL OF TIME “ a one-hour documentary that explored the larger issues of the whole Free Tibet movement.
* Directed, scripted and edited “SUNNY SIDE UP “ commissioned by the PSBT - an introspective look at a small heterogeneous community that refused to be swayed by the politics of religion.
* Directed, scripted and edited Indo-Austrian-Italian venture ‘OF MOUNTAINS AND MONASTERIES…On the footsteps of Tucci ‘ A documentary that traced a portion of the route taken by Guiesepe Tucci during his explorations in the western Himalayas
in the 1930’s. CO-Winner of the 2002 IDPA COPPER AWARD
* Presenter, Director and Video Editor: HIMALAYAN DRIVE TSD RALLY - A short experience of a Time Speed Distance rally...a Tri-Nation Rally from India to Bhutan, Nepal and back...
- Non-Fiction Film Director
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Audio Storyteller
- Copy Editor
- Copywriter
- Reporter / Journalist
- Senior Editor
- Creative Director
- Video Editor - News
- On-Camera Talent
- Commercial DP
- Documentary DP
- Field Producer
- Series Producer / Show Runner
- Production Company