A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre, Lady Shri Ram College
Occupation
Filmmaker
Years active
2009 - present
Rintu Thomas is an Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker and director-producer from India.[1][2]
Her Peabody-winning documentary Writing with Fire, co-directed with Sushmit Ghosh, is the first Indian feature documentary to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[3][4] The film also won the Audience Award and Special Jury Award in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at 2021 Sundance Film Festival.[5] Thomas is also known for directing Timbaktu,[6][7] a short documentary which won the National Film Award[8] for the Best Environment Film at the 60th National Film Awards[9] and Dilli, which was awarded Best Documentary at the Jaipur International Film Festival in 2012.[10] She is the co-founder of the award-winning production company, Black Ticket Films.[11] In 2021, she was awarded the IDA Courage Under Fire Award[12] for her body of work.[13]
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RintuThomas is an Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker and director-producer from India. Her Peabody-winning documentary Writing with Fire, co-directed...
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