January • 2017
A really fantastic story and a great film. Feedback was taken on board well.
Mithun P.
India
12 reviews$300 - $800 / Day
About
Mithun Pramanik is a Kolkata-based filmmaker with more than a decade of experience covering regional news and making fiction and documentary films. He has played every role in the production process, including director, director of photography, producer, and editor. While covering news, Mithun often works as a one-man band, shooting, producing, and editing all of his own work. His work has been shown on channels like BBC, Al Jazeera, National Geographic, DW, Zinc, etc. He played a key role as a producer and editor in the film 'Fists of Fury' which won a Gracie award for Al Jazeera America in 2014 and he got the 42nd Annual Tele Award for his short documentary on Indian Acid attack survivor in 2021. His recent film got the best documentary film award at the 14th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala 2022. His stories range from science to politics and human rights issues. His coverage in India ranges from women's rights to politics and human rights issues.
Top Services
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- 6 reviews
- Documentary DP
- 4 reviews
- Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
Clients
Top Reviews
April • 2017
Another beautiful film, and great to work with as ever.
August • 2017
Another fantastic film, thanks!
Top Projects
5.0 Produced for Zinc
Napkin Man
Menstruation is a taboo subject in India. Muruganantham, an Indian inventor of a low-cost sanitary pad making machine & has innovated grass-roots mechanisms for generating awareness about traditional unhygienic practices around menstruation in rural India. He has started a revolution in india, selling 1,300 machines & has begun exporting them to developing countries all over the world.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - News
5.0 Produced for Zinc
LADY WARRIOR
This 75-year-old woman is India's oldest martial arts teacher
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Documentary DP
- Reporter / Journalist
- Field Producer
- Video Editor - Documentary
Produced for Happs
IndiaJMUattack
The livestreaming about huge protests happened in Indian for attacking JNU students in Delhi.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
5.0 Produced for Zinc
Kingdom of the Little People
It’s a hard life for dwarfs in India. They’re looked down upon everywhere they go. Many of them used to work in circuses as clowns. But 50 dwarves from Assam became part of the worlds only all dwarves theatre group called ‘Mirror’ – Thanks to Prabitra Rava. Today through theatre the Little actors have found respect, dignity & love. They’re now setting up a village with houses fit to themselves.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Production Company
Produced for Pear Video
An Indian Village fighting for their rights
Life imitates ction in India – ax-wielding aboriginal group battles powerful mining company in defense of mountain God #Avatar#DongriaKondh
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
Produced for Pear Video
The end for one Chinese Community?
After the Second World War a Chinatown was built in Kolkata, India. One resident of the Chinese community, a restauranteur in her 60s, explains that there used to be over 40,000 Chinese people in her community but now it’s barely 5,000. The younger generation are all planning to seek their futures abroad.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
Equipment
Video
- 2K video camera
- Full HD video camera
- DSLR or equivalent
- 4K video camera
- GoPro or equivalent
Video
Audio
- External recorder
- Wireless lavalier mic
- Shotgun mic
Audio
Miscellaneous
- Lighting kit
- Stabilizer
- Shoulder rig
Miscellaneous
All Services
Production Support
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Commercial DP
- Documentary DP
- Reporter / Journalist
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
- Field Producer
- Production Assistant
- Drone Operator
- Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
Production Support
Post Production
- Video Editor - News
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Video Editor - Commercial
- Colorist
Post Production
Miscellaneous
- Fixer
- Creative Director
- Translator
- Production Company
Miscellaneous