San Banarje is an American independent filmmaker, entrepreneur,
producer, screenwriter, editor, photographer and actor. He was born in
Kolkata, India to an orthodox Hindu Brahmin family but as he grew
older, he stopped practicing religion. A resident of Houston, Texas,
San makes Christian films with partner Trisha Ray and co-producer
Brian Stewart.San Banarje had a very humble beginning. He was born in
Calcutta, India in a place called Lake Camp. Banarje lived only a
couple of blocks from the house of Academy Award winning director
Satyajit Ray who inspired him immensely along with Brian De Palma,
Woody Allen, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Martin Scorsese, Vittorio De Sica,
Michael Mann, Clint Eastwood, Jean-Luc Godard, Stanley Kubrick, Rainer
Fassbinder and many other.San's mother was a nurse at the SSKM
Hospital in the mid seventies. Later she worked for the Health
Department. Apart from having a nursing degree, she also has Masters
in Arts and a doctorate in Pharmacy. San's dad worked in the Eastern
Railways later he studied Law and became an attorney, he also studied
medicine and pharmacy.
producer, screenwriter, editor, photographer and actor. He was born in
Kolkata, India to an orthodox Hindu Brahmin family but as he grew
older, he stopped practicing religion. A resident of Houston, Texas,
San makes Christian films with partner Trisha Ray and co-producer
Brian Stewart.San Banarje had a very humble beginning. He was born in
Calcutta, India in a place called Lake Camp. Banarje lived only a
couple of blocks from the house of Academy Award winning director
Satyajit Ray who inspired him immensely along with Brian De Palma,
Woody Allen, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Martin Scorsese, Vittorio De Sica,
Michael Mann, Clint Eastwood, Jean-Luc Godard, Stanley Kubrick, Rainer
Fassbinder and many other.San's mother was a nurse at the SSKM
Hospital in the mid seventies. Later she worked for the Health
Department. Apart from having a nursing degree, she also has Masters
in Arts and a doctorate in Pharmacy. San's dad worked in the Eastern
Railways later he studied Law and became an attorney, he also studied
medicine and pharmacy.
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