Nitish Roy

Nitish Roy
Occupation(s)Art director, production designer, costume designer, set director, Director
Awards1983: National Film Award for Best Art Direction: Kharij
1984: National Film Award for Best Art Direction: Mandi
1991: National Film Award for Best Art Direction: Lekin
1991: Filmfare Best Art Direction Award: Ghayal
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Nitish Roy is an Indian film art director, production designer, and costume designer in Hindi cinema[1] and a Bengali Film Director, who is also known for his work with art cinema directors, Shyam Benegal, Mrinal Sen and Govind Nihlani, Hindi mainstream cinema, directors like Rajkumar Santoshi, as well as international directors like Mira Nair and Gurinder Chadha. His work (production design, art direction) for Oscar winning Hollywood blockbuster Gladiator fetched international fame for him.[2] Beside art direction, production design and film direction he is an internationally acclaimed architect who has created several film cities such has Ramoji Film City (Hyderabad) Innovative Film city (Bengaluru),Prayag Film City (Kolkata) and several theme parks, amusement parks, museum not only in India but also in countries like Singapore etc.[3]

  1. ^ Filmography New York Times
  2. ^ "Gladiator: Rebuilding Rome, the Indian way". Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Nitish Roy | Architectural Page".