Anish John
| Anish John | |
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| Born | Kolkata, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Film sound design |
| Years active | 2008 - present |
Anish John is a 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 at the 63rd Filmfare Awards and also at the 8th Jagran Film Festival 2017 , for the film Trapped (2017), this being his second win in the same category after winning at the 6th Jagran Film Festival 2015, Mumbai,India.[3] He is the Sound Designer of the Netflix series 'Sacred Games'. He was also the production sound mixer for Newton (2017). Newton had its world premiere in the Forum section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, and had its North American premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival where it was screened in the International Narrative Competition section. It has been selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. Anish has worked in English, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, and Marathi films, besides having worked on 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
- Karwan - (2018)
- Sacred Games (2018)
- High Jack (2018)
- Pari (2018)
- Newton (2017)
- Trapped (2017)
- Ezra (2017)
- Kingdom Of Clay Subjects (2015)
- Blue Mountains (2015)
- Million Dollar Arm (2nd unit – India schedule) (2014 – Disney)
- Asha Jaoar Majhe (2014)
- Ajoba (2014)
- Ship of Theseus (2013)
- 24 (TV series)
- London, Paris, New York (2012)
- Venalodungathe
- I.D. (2012)
- Peddlers (2012)
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012)
- Miss Lovely (2012)
- Travelling with the Pros (2012 - Sports documentary)
- The Greatest Love Story Ever Told (Documentary, 2011)
- Khichdi: The Movie (2010)
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 |
| 2017 | Film Fare Award for Best Sound Design Award | Trapped | Hindi | Anish John |
| 2018 | News 18 Reel Movie Awards for Best Sound Design Award | Trapped | Hindi | Anish John |
External links
- Anish John on IMDb
- 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"
- Anish John Film Fare Awards Trapped (2016 Hindi film)#Awards.
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". indianexpress.com/. The Indian Express. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ↑ "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.