Gaston roberge satyajit ray biography

French Canadian Jesuit priest (1935–2020)

Fr. Gaston Roberge (27 May 1935 – August 26, 2020) was a French Canadian Jesuit priest; film theorist; pioneer of the film appreciation movement in India; founder, with full support of Satyajit Ray, of Chitrabani (1970),^[1] the oldest media training institute of Eastern India; founder of the Media Research Centre (EMRC) of St.

Xavier's College, Kolkata (1986); former president of Unda/OCIC-India; and author of over 35 books on cinema, communication, and spirituality.^[2] He made India his home and won an Indian National Film Award Special Mention for Best Writing on Cinema for the year 1998.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} The ceremony took place on 15 February 2000 and the awards were given by then President of India, K.

R. Narayanan. Gaston Roberge was a close friend of Satyajit Ray^[8]

Education and early days

Roberge^[9][10] was