San Banarje

San Banarje is an American filmmaker. He was born in Kolkata, India to an orthodox Hindu Brahmin family but never practiced any religion and went on to produce several Christian films. A resident of Houston, Texas, San is a serial entrepreneur who also produces and Directs Films along with teaching finance and option trading.^[1]

San Banarje
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Filmmaker, Cinematographer, Screenwriter, Producer, Actor, Editor, entrepreneur

Films

In winter 2009, he shot the thriller Bodhisattva, once again starring Soumitra Chatterjee in Calcutta which he co-wrote with Trisha Ray, directed, shot, produced and acted in.^[2] The film won the Platinum Remi award at the Houston Worldfest International Film Festival, Best of the Fest at Gulf Coast Film Festival, Best Foreign Film at Alexandria Film Festival, Best Film at Bare Bones Film Festival where San received an Indie Auteur award.^[3]

In summer 2011, San co-produced the film "Inside Out" with producing partner and writer Brian Stewart. A month later, he wrote and directed the film The Nowhere Son starring Soumitra Chatterjee, and himself in the lead. Eminent movie critic Joe Leydon named the film in his list of 'Five Not to Miss Movies at Worldfest 2013'.^[4] The film also garnered rave reviews when screened at Hoboken International Film Festival.^[5]

In 2015, San directed and produced the comedy 'A Curry on an American Plate' with actors Rick Fox, Andrea Guasch and Charlie O'Connell on a screenplay that he co-wrote with Trisha Ray, based on a story that he had written back in 2007.^[6][7]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2008	Bayou City Inspirational Film Festival	Honorable Mention	The Enemy Inside	Won
2010	Worldfest Houston International Film Festival	Platinum Remi	Bodhisattva	Won
	Hoboken International Film Festival	Best Screenplay		Nominated
		Best Direction		Nominated
		Best Feature		Nominated
	Alexandria Film Festival	Best Foreign Film		Won
2011	Staten Island International Film Festival	Best Screenplay		Nominated
		Best Thriller		Nominated
	Bare Bones Film Festival	Indie Auteur Award		Won
		Best Foreign Film		Won
	Mexico International Film Festival	Bronze Palm		Won
	Worldfest Houston International Film Festival	Silver Remi, experimental/dogma	Money	Won
2012	Worldfest Houston International Film Festival	Gold Remi	Inside Out	Won
		Gold Remi	Semper Fi	Won

Filmography

• Flipped (2000) Feature (actor, producer, executive producer)
• The Mission (2004) Short (director, cinematographer, actor, writer, producer)
• Closure (2005) Short (producer)
• The Enemy Inside (2005) Short (director, writer, producer)
• Striking Range (2006) Feature (actor)
• Bleep Love (2006) Feature (actor, producer, executive producer)
• Money (2007) Feature (director, cinematographer, producer, executive producer)
• Federal Case (2007) Feature (cinematographer, producer)
• Stanislavski in September (2008) short (cinematographer, producer)
• Train (2008) short (writer, director, cinematographer, producer)
• Sugarbaby (2009) Feature (actor, cinematographer, producer)
• Terracotta (2009) short(director, actor)
• Bodhisattva (2009) feature (writer, director, actor, cinematographer, producer, executive producer)
• Cleaning Up (2010) short (writer, director, cinematographer, producer )
• Inside Out (2011) Feature (actor, producer)
• The Nowhere Son (2011) Feature ( writer, director, cinematographer, producer, actor)
• Marcha Atras (2011) short (executive producer)
• Semper Fi (2012) short ( writer, director, cinematographer, producer)
• Detect Early Save Life (2012) PSA (writer, director, producer)
• Physiotherapy (2013) short (actor)
• Artisse (2013) feature (cinematographer, producer)
• Sex, Marriage and Infidelity (2014) feature (cinematographer, producer)
• The Shadow Behind You (2015) feature - Maggie (writer, director, cinematographer, actor, producer, executive producer)
• A Curry on an American Plate (2017) feature (writer, director, cinematographer, producer, executive producer)
• Orphan Train (2017) feature (actor, producer)

References

1. Leydon, Joe (April 17, 2010). "Bollywood meets Houston: Bodhisattva gets its world premiere". Culturemap Houston. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
2. "Soumitra in and as 'Bodhisattva'". The Telegraph, India. November 27, 2009. Archived from the original on February 16, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
3. "Indian films win big at Remi awards in Houston". Indian Express. April 19, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
4. Leydon, Joe (April 14, 2013). "An insider's guide to Houston's international film festival: Five don't-miss movies at WorldFest". Culturemap Houston. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
5. "Q&A San Banarje, Director/Producer/Actor/Writer of The Nowhere Son". Garden State Journal. May 30, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
6. Welch, H.G. (2015). "A Curry On An American Plate - New Comedy From Houston Director San Banarje". Red Pub. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
7. KYMEYER39 (April 27, 2015). "Houston the backdrop of a new film". CW39. Newsfix. Retrieved June 8, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

• San Banarje at IMDb