Anish John
| Anish John | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
February 10 Kolkata, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Film sound design |
| Years active | 2008 - present |
Anish John is an Indian film sound designer, and mixer.[1] He won the National Award for Best Sound Design (Best Audiography)[2] for the film Labour of Love (Asha Jaoar Majhe 2014). He recently bagged the Best Sound Design award again, at the 6th Jagran Film Fesitival 2015, Mumbai,India.[3] He has worked in Hollywood, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, and Marathi films, as well as done numerous documentaries and creative advertisement projects.
Early life
Born and raised in Kolkata, Anish did his schooling at Don Bosco School, Park Circus, and continued with college in the city itself, at St. Xaviers College. He then pursued his higher education, focusing on a formal film education, doing a three years course in Film Sound from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune (FTII).[4]
Career
Anish moved to Mumbai after his graduation. He started his career as a sound recordist and editor for various shorts, narrative features and documentaries before shifting to sound-designing and mixing.[5] His projects span a wide range from Indian narrative features, Ship Of Theseus (Toronto 2012), I.D.(2012), to noted International film and TV productions, such as Million Dollar Arm (2014) and 24 (Indian TV series 2013).
Filmography
- Kingdom Of Clay Subjects – (Bangladesh – US production, 2015)
- Blue Mountains (2015)
- Million Dollar Arm (2nd unit – India schedule) (2014 – Disney)
- Aasha Jaoar Majhe / Labour of Love (Bengali) – 2014.
- Ajoba (2014, Marathi) – Sujay Dhake (Dir)
- Happy New Year (2014) – Producer : T Series
- Ship of Theseus (2013 – Anand Gandhi)
- 24 (TV series – Anil Kapoor productions)
- Aasma (2013 – under production Hindi feature film)
- Raja rasoi aur anya kahaniyaan (2013 – television series, epic TV)
- London Paris New York (2012 – FOX STAR STUDIOS, ROSE MOVIES)
- Venalodungathe – Sanjeev Sivan (Dir)
- Chai Shai Biscuits (under production feature film – Highground Enterprise Ltd.)
- I.D. (2012) – Kamal K.M. (Dir) [Collective Phase One Productions]
- Peddlers (2012) – Anurag Kashyap productions – Vasan Bala (Dir)
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012) – Mira Nair (Dir)
- Miss Lovely (2012) – Ashim Ahluwalia (Dir) – under production
- Travelling with the Pros (2012 - Sports documentary)
- You Of Many Days (feature film) – Shirin Pasha (Dir)
- Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told (Documentary, 2011) – Rakesh Omprakash Mehra (Dir), Producers - Shekhar Kapoor & UTV.
- Nadunisi Naaygal (Tamil, 2011) – Gautam Vasudev Menon (Dir)
- Khichdi (2010) – Hats off productions
- Jhoota Hi Sahi (2010) – Abbas Tyrewala (Dir)
- The Thriller (Malayalam, 2010)
- CHAOS IN THE CALM (2008 – short film)
Awards
| Year | Name of Award | Name of Film | Language | Awardee(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal) for Best Audiography (Sound Designer) | Asha Jaoar Majhe | Bengali | Anish John |
| 2015 | Jagran Film Festival Award for Best Sound Design (Recordist) | Asha Jaoar Majhe | Bengali | Anish John |
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External links
- Anish John at the Internet Movie Database
- Anish John at indianfilmfestival
- Anish John at the 13th Annual Film Festival LA.
- Anish John at 13th Annual Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles - Opening Night Screening Of "Haraamkhor"
References
- ↑ "Sound engineer". Hindustan Times. Live Mint. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ↑ "National Award". Huffingtonpost. Huffingtonpost. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ↑ John, Anish. "6th Jagran Film Festival Award". Indiatoday.com. India Today Magazine (Online). Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ↑ "Life". http://indianexpress.com/. The Indian Express. Retrieved 7 July 2015. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ "Career in Sound". Indiatoday IN Beta. Living Media Daily. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ↑ John, Anish. "6th Jagran Film Festival Awards". Indiatoday.indiatoday.in. Indiatoday Magazine (Online). Retrieved 19 October 2015.