Sushmit Ghosh| India

Sushmit Ghosh is an Academy Award nominated, Peabody winning director from India. He co-founded Black Ticket Films, a production company invested in the power of storytelling. With a strong eye on social justice stories, Black Ticket Films’ award-winning slate of films are being used as advocacy, impact and education tools by institutions across the world.

Five years in the making, Sushmit’s feature documentary, Writing With Fire, went on to become the first Indian feature documentary to be nominated for an Academy Award. Described by The Washington Post as “The most inspiring journalism movie – maybe ever”, the film has been a festival favourite winning 40 awards, IDA, PGA and Grierson Best Documentary nominations and played in over 200 festivals. Sushmit’s award winning shorts include Bullets and Butterflies (2007), Dilli (2010) and Timbaktu (2012). Sushmit is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and his work is supported by the Sundance Institute, Tribeca, Chicken & Egg Pictures, IDA, IDFA, SFF Film Fund and Doc Society.

In his spare time, you’ll find Sushmit motorcycling and hiking in the Himalayas.