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Sushmit Ghosh
- Location:
- India
- Languages:
- Bengali, English, Hindi
- Issues:
- Climate Change, Education, Racial Injustice, Refugee Crisis and Immigration, Economic Injustice, Privacy and Surveillance, Women and Girls, Human Rights
- Expertise:
- Consulting, Alternative Distribution, Mentorship
- Cultural/racial identity:
- Asian
- Self identification:
- Male
Bio
Sushmit Ghosh is an Academy Award nominated director from India whose work has been supported by the Sundance Institute, Tribeca, Chicken & Egg Pictures, IDFA, SFF Film Fund and Doc Society. Sushmit co-founded Black Ticket Films, a production company invested in the power of storytelling. With a strong eye on social justice stories, Black Ticket Films’ award-winning slate of films are being used as advocacy, impact and education tools by institutions across the world. Sushmit's debut feature documentary, Writing With Fire went on to become the first feature documentary from India to be nominated for an Oscar. Described by The Washington Post as “The most inspiring journalism movie – maybe ever”, Writing With Fire has been nominated for the PGA, Grierson and IDA awards, played at over 150 festivals and won 35 international awards. Sushmit was awarded the IDA's prestigious Courage Under Fire award that recognised his decade long body of work in India. In his spare time, you’ll find him teaching in film schools or motorcycling in the Himalayas.
