Dipankar Dipon
Dipankar Dipon is a Bangladeshi film director and screenwriter who works in Dhallywood. His first feature film was big-budget cop thriller Dhaka Attack, which won four National Film Award in 2017 including Best Film, Best Actor, Best Sound, and Best Make-up. Since 1998, he made one feature film, One web content, 30 TV Movies & Telefilm, 25 TV serials, 40 Short TV Video fictions, 48 live-action films for sesame street Bangladesh, 2 Short Films, and 12 Documentaries.
Early life
Dipon as Dipankar Sen Gupta was born in 1976 in Rangpur, Bangladesh. His father is Sunil Sen Gupta and his mother is Ranjeeta Sen Gupta.Education
- HSC & SSC Carmichael College, Rangpur; Government Science College, Dhaka; Setabganj Pilot High school, Setabganj, Dinajpur.
- B.A in Drama & Dramatics from Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- M.A. in Drama & Dramatics from Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Workshop participation
- February 2006: Berlin International Film Festival
- August 2004: 15 days long Workshop on TV production for Children organized by Sesame Workshop, Bangladesh.
- March 1995: Two-month-long 2nd Workshop on Film Making by prominent filmmakers of Bangladesh organized by Dhaka University Film Society.
- February 2000: One month-long Workshop on GRIPS Theatre by Thomas Ahrens in Goethe Institute, Dhaka in 2000.
- June 2000: A week-long Workshop on Stage Lighting by Selected Instructor in British Council & Theatre School, Dhaka in 2000.
- August 1996: A week-long Workshop on Japanese theatre by Mr. Hakagu in International Theatre Institute, Bangladesh & Theatre School in 1996.
- April 1995-March 1996: A one-year diploma in theater by prominent theatre person of Bangladesh in theatre school in 1996.
Career
Writer and director
Dipon was the Director of a child drama named Gupi Gyen Bagha Byen in Sonali Nattya Ghosthi, Setabganj, Dinajpur, which has been staged in International Theater Festival in Katak, Orissa, India on November 2003. He was the Writer & Director of a short stage drama named Nichak Galpa Noi in Rangpur Padatik in December 2002, which has been staged in Rangpur. He directed a child drama named Prajanma Agami in Sonali Nattya Ghosthi, Setabganj, Dinajpur which has been staged in the National child drama festival in Public Library, Dhaka on June 2002. He was the writer & director of a child drama based on child rights named Ora Hotel Sramik in Sonali Nattya Ghosthi, Setabganj, Dinajpur in May 2000 which has been staged 6 times in Setabganj and Dinajpur. He was an actor of many dramas such as Banapangshul, Oedipus, Korotir Kathakata, Sakuntala, Biday Avishap, Shesher Kabita, A Doll's House, Mrichakatikam, Sri Krisna Kirtan, Kando Nadi Kando in Jahangirnagar University Inter Hall Drama Festival & Academic Production of Dept. of Drama & Dramatics, Jahangirnagar University.Filmography
Film
| Year | Movie | Actor | Production house |
| 2017 | Dhaka Attack | Arifin Shuvoo Mahiya Mahi ABM Sumon | Three Wheelers Ltd |
| 2020 | Dhaka 2040 | Nusrat Faria Nusrat Imrose Tisha ABM Sumon Bappy Chowdhury | Studio 8 Entertainment |
| 2020 | Operation Sundarbans | Siam Ahmed Nusraat Faria Ziaul Roshan Riaz Ahmed Taskeen Rahman | Three Wheelers Ltd |
Web
Television
Awards and honors
In 2007, Dipon participated Talent campus with his short film in International Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, and also he had an exclusive project in the Berlinale Talent Project market as an only Bangladeshi Film Maker. For his film “Dhaka Attack” he won the award for best film for National Film Awards 2017 by Information Ministry of Bangladesh.- December 2018: ATN Best film director for Movie Dhaka Attack.
- February 2013: RTV-Diamond world star award for Best Director for tv serial COLLEGE ROAD.
- April 2009: Charuniram TV drama award for Best Drama for the TV Drama GOLDEN RATIO
- May 2008: Peoples theatre association award for Best Director of the year for the stage Drama
Berlinale film project