Goutam Ghose

Goutam Ghose also spelled Gautam Ghosh born 24 July 1950 is an Indian film director actor music director and cinematographer who works primarily in Bengali cinema Ghose was greatly influenced by the movies of Satyajit Ray Ritwik Ghatak Rajen Tarafdar Mrinal Sen and Ajoy Kar who had heralded a new era in Bengali movies through their works He is the only Indian to have received the Vittorio Di Sica Award Italy in 1997 In 2017 he was inducted as a member of the Oscar Academy