Biography
Gurvinder Singh is an Indian film director. He is best known for his Punjabi language films Anhey Ghorhey Da Daan (Alms for a Blind Horse), and Chauthi Koot (The Fourth Direction) which premiered at Venice and Cannes Film Festival respectively. Gurvinder is an alumnus of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune from where he studied film-making and graduated in 2001. He travelled extensively through Punjab between 2002 and 2006, living and wandering with folk itinerants, documenting folk ballads and oral narratives. It led to his first documentary 'Pala'. He continued to make short experimental works and documenting arts/artists for the next few years. In 2005 he was invited by avant-garde Indian filmmaker Mani Kaul to be his teaching assistant for a master-class at FTII, which led to a close association with the filmmaker who became his mentor.
Filmography
all 10
Movies 10
Director 9
Lantrani (2024)
Trolley Times (2023)
Crescent Night (2022)
Bitter Chestnut (2019)
Sea of Lost Time (2019)
Soni (2019)
In the Same Garden (2016)
The Fourth Direction (2016)
Pala
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GenderMale
Birth PlaceDelhi, India
CitizenshipsIndia
ResidencesBir · Himachal Pradesh, India
AwardsNational Film Awards for Best Feature Film in Punjabi (Discontinued or Intermittent), National Film Award for Best Direction
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