Amit Dutta

Amit Dutta

Born in 1977 in India, he was educated at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in 2004, and is now regarded as one of the most successful experimental filmmakers from his country. Dutta has made more than 40 films and published six books. His works range from literary adaptations, fiction, documentation, video-diary and animation, often blurring genres in an attempt to engage directly with the subjects. Cinéma du réel devoted a retrospective to him in 2015.