Ranjan Kamath
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Born 1963 in Bangalore, India Rajan J.Kamath began studying Speech & Drama while still at St. Xaviers' School, Calcutta and graduated as an Associate of the Trinity College of Music, London.
Soon after school, he started working in Calcutta's theatre and music world, as an actor, stage and lighting designer.
He has worked with numerous theatre companies including the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], the National Theatre, the Cambridge Theatre Company, the Watermill Theatre (United Kingdom) and the Trinity Square Repertory Company (United States).
When not working as a cinematographer, Ranjan performs professionally on the Bombay stage; he imparts speech and drama training to children and adults and runs a theatre company called Natakvalas, involved in the utilisation of the dramatic arts to improve mental health in the workplace.
From 1980-85, he also managed major 'live' music concert tours of India including: Herbie Mann, Chico Freeman, Billy Taylor, Dizzy Gillespie and Shakti.
After graduating in Political Science from St. Xavier's College, Calcutta, he went on to work as an assistant director in Bombay on documentaries short and feature films. Ranjan has completed his post-graduation from the London International Film School, with a Distinction in Cinematography.
For nearly two decades he has been working both as a cinematographer and director/producer and on Indian features, international co-productions and short features for the BBC, Channel Four, National Geographic and the Discovery Channel amongst others. Presently, Ranjan is producing and directing feature documentaries. The films he has produced and directed include Fishers of Men and The Die Is Caste.
His present project is a feature documentary about Habib Tanvir - one of the world’s greatest theatre directors and his troupe Naya Theatre titled Tanvir’s Theatrical Travelogue.
